Jalisco is 1.14× the size of Bavaria
Jalisco (state of Mexico) covers about 80,000 km² (30,900 mi²) and Bavaria (state of Germany) about 70,000 km² (27,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 80,000km²Jalisco
- 70,000km²Bavaria
100 km
- Jalisco
- Bavaria
What fits
- Bavaria is 88% of the size of Jalisco.
- Jalisco is larger by 9,980 km² (3,850 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Bavaria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Jalisco is about 2.61, Bavaria about 2.28.
How they differ
- Jalisco is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 7.8 million, 1.66× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 98 in Jalisco: Bavaria is 1.90× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,980 km apart.
- On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Jalisco: Jalisco at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.78× the size of Jalisco, when Jalisco is 1.14× the size of Bavaria.
- Together Jalisco and Bavaria cover 150,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 1.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 9,980 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Bavaria's density, Jalisco would have 14.9 million people (it has 7.8 million). At Jalisco's density, Bavaria would have 6.9 million (it has 13.0 million).
- Bavaria's centre is 28.3° of latitude, about 3,150 km, farther north than Jalisco's.
- Jalisco is the 6th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Bavaria lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,150 km) north of Jalisco.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Jalisco would have about 10,200 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
- Laid side by side, Jalisco and Bavaria would cover 150,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
- Together they have 20.9 million people, about as many people as Sri Lanka.
Side by side
| Jalisco | Bavaria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 80,000 km²30,900 mi² | 70,000 km²27,000 mi² |
| Official area | 78,600 km²Wikidata | 70,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 32in Mexico | 1st of 16in Germany |
| Population | 7.8 millionWikidata, 2015 | 13.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 32in Mexico | 2nd of 16in Germany |
| Density | 98 per km² | 186 per km² |
| Capital | Guadalajara | Munich |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 23°N | 47°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 78,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 80,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 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