Luxembourg is 1.90× the size of Mexico City

Luxembourg (Europe) covers about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²) and Mexico City (federal entity of Mexico) about 1,380 km² (531 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,610km²Luxembourg
1,380km²Mexico City

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Luxembourg
Mexico City

What fits

Mexico City is 53% of the size of Luxembourg.
Luxembourg is larger by 1,230 km² (476 mi²), which is 90% of the area of Mexico City.
Measured in Belgiums: Luxembourg is about 0.09, Mexico City about 0.04.

How they differ

Luxembourg is larger, but Mexico City has the larger population: 8.9 million against 691,000, 12.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 6,486 in Mexico City against 265 in Luxembourg: Mexico City is 24.5× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,420 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Luxembourg at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Mexico City at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Luxembourg as 4.05× the size of Mexico City instead of 1.90×.
Together Luxembourg and Mexico City cover 3,980 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,230 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Mexico City's density, Luxembourg would have 16.9 million people (it has 691,000). At Luxembourg's density, Mexico City would have 364,000 (it has 8.9 million).
Luxembourg's centre is 30.5° of latitude, about 3,390 km, farther north than Mexico City's.
Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Mexico City is the 32nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Luxembourg lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,390 km) north of Mexico City.
Shared out evenly, each person in Luxembourg would have about 3,780 m² and each person in Mexico City about 150 m².
Laid side by side, Luxembourg and Mexico City would cover 3,980 km², about the same size as Cape Verde.
Together they have 9.6 million people, about as many people as Hungary.
Mexico City is drawn from 42 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Counted as a country, Mexico City would rank 183rd by area and 100th by population.

Side by side

	Luxembourg	Mexico City
Is a	CountryEurope	Federal entityMexico
Area, measured	2,610 km²1,010 mi²	1,380 km²531 mi²
Official area	2,590 km²Wikidata	1,490 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	180th of 239worldwide	32nd of 32in Mexico
Population	691,000Wikidata, 2026	8.9 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	166th of 237worldwide	2nd of 32in Mexico
Density	265 per km²	6,486 per km²
Capital	Luxembourg	–
Latitude range	49°N to 50°N	19°N to 20°N

Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 1,380 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,490 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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

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