Mexico City is 1.55× the size of Berlin

What fits

• Berlin is 65% of the size of Mexico City.
• Mexico City is larger by 486 km² (188 mi²), which is 55% of the area of Berlin.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mexico City is about 0.04, Berlin about 0.03.

How they differ

• Mexico City also has the larger population: 8.9 million against 3.8 million, 2.37× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 6,486 in Mexico City against 4,223 in Berlin: Mexico City is 1.54× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,740 km apart.
• On a standard web map Berlin looks larger than Mexico City: Mexico City at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Berlin at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Berlin as 1.55× the size of Mexico City, when Mexico City is 1.55× the size of Berlin.
• Together Mexico City and Berlin cover 2,260 km², close to the size of Mauritius (2,000 km², 12% smaller).
• The gap between them, 486 km², is about the size of Palau (492 km²).
• At Berlin's density, Mexico City would have 5.8 million people (it has 8.9 million). At Mexico City's density, Berlin would have 5.8 million (it has 3.8 million).
• Berlin's centre is 33.2° of latitude, about 3,690 km, farther north than Mexico City's.
• 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.
• Berlin is the 14th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Berlin lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,690 km) north of Mexico City.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mexico City would have about 150 m² and each person in Berlin about 240 m².
• Laid side by side, Mexico City and Berlin would cover 2,260 km², 1.13× the size of Mauritius.
• Together they have 12.7 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
• Mexico City is drawn from 42 points and Berlin is drawn from 57 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 891 km² agrees with our measured area of 889 km², to within 2%.

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