Lesotho is 5.93× the size of Morelos
Lesotho (Africa) covers about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²) and Morelos (state of Mexico) about 5,080 km² (1,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,100km²Lesotho
- 5,080km²Morelos
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- Lesotho
- Morelos
What fits
- Morelos fits inside Lesotho about 5.93 times by area.
- Lesotho is larger by 25,000 km² (9,660 mi²), which is 493% of the area of Morelos.
- Measured in Belgiums: Lesotho is about 0.98, Morelos about 0.17.
How they differ
- Lesotho also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 2.0 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 388 in Morelos against 67 in Lesotho: Morelos is 5.82× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Lesotho at 30°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Morelos at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Lesotho as 7.03× the size of Morelos instead of 5.93×.
- Together Lesotho and Morelos cover 35,200 km², close to the size of Taiwan (36,200 km², 2.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 25,000 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
- At Morelos's density, Lesotho would have 11.7 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Lesotho's density, Morelos would have 339,000 (it has 2.0 million).
- Morelos's centre is 48.3° of latitude, about 5,370 km, farther north than Lesotho's.
- Lesotho ranks 142nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Morelos is the 30th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Morelos lies about 48° of latitude (roughly 5,370 km) north of Lesotho, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Lesotho would have about 15,000 m² and each person in Morelos about 2,580 m².
- Laid side by side, Lesotho and Morelos would cover 35,200 km², 95% of the size of the Netherlands.
- Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.
- Counted as a country, Morelos would rank 175th by area and 149th by population.
Side by side
| Lesotho | Morelos | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² | 5,080 km²1,960 mi² |
| Official area | 30,400 km²Wikidata | 4,880 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 141st of 239worldwide | 30th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2016 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 148th of 237worldwide | 23rd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 67 per km² | 388 per km² |
| Capital | Maseru | Cuernavaca |
| Latitude range | 31°S to 29°S | 18°N to 19°N |
Population: Wikidata 2016 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 5,080 km² is 4.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,880 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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