Iwate is 1.32× the size of Querétaro
Iwate (prefecture of Japan) covers about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²) and Querétaro (state of Mexico) about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 15,500km²Iwate
- 11,700km²Querétaro
50 km
- Iwate
- Querétaro
What fits
- Querétaro is 76% of the size of Iwate.
- Iwate is larger by 3,770 km² (1,460 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Querétaro.
- Measured in Belgiums: Iwate is about 0.50, Querétaro about 0.38.
How they differ
- Iwate is larger, but Querétaro has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.2 million, 1.69× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 174 in Querétaro against 78 in Iwate: Querétaro is 2.24× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Iwate at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Querétaro at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Iwate as 1.95× the size of Querétaro instead of 1.32×.
- Together Iwate and Querétaro cover 27,200 km², close to the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 3,770 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- At Querétaro's density, Iwate would have 2.7 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Iwate's density, Querétaro would have 912,000 (it has 2.0 million).
- Iwate's centre is 18.8° of latitude, about 2,090 km, farther north than Querétaro's.
- Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
- Querétaro is the 27th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Iwate lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,090 km) north of Querétaro.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Iwate would have about 12,830 m² and each person in Querétaro about 5,740 m².
- Laid side by side, Iwate and Querétaro would cover 27,200 km², about the same size as the Solomon Islands.
- Together they have 3.2 million people, 95% as many people as Mongolia.
Side by side
| Iwate | Querétaro | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² | 11,700 km²4,520 mi² |
| Official area | 15,300 km²Wikidata | 11,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 47in Japan | 27th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 47in Japan | 22nd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 78 per km² | 174 per km² |
| Capital | Morioka | Santiago de Querétaro |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 20°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12