Mexico City is 1.78× the size of Hamburg

What fits

• Hamburg is 56% of the size of Mexico City.
• Mexico City is larger by 601 km² (232 mi²), which is 78% of the area of Hamburg.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mexico City is about 0.04, Hamburg about 0.03.

How they differ

• Mexico City also has the larger population: 8.9 million against 1.9 million, 4.71× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 6,486 in Mexico City against 2,446 in Hamburg: Mexico City is 2.65× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,490 km apart.
• On a standard web map Hamburg looks larger than Mexico City: Mexico City at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Hamburg at 54°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Hamburg as 1.42× the size of Mexico City, when Mexico City is 1.78× the size of Hamburg.
• Together Mexico City and Hamburg cover 2,150 km², close to the size of Mauritius (2,000 km², 6.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 601 km², is about the size of Tonga (603 km²).
• At Hamburg's density, Mexico City would have 3.4 million people (it has 8.9 million). At Mexico City's density, Hamburg would have 5.0 million (it has 1.9 million).
• Hamburg's centre is 34.3° of latitude, about 3,810 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.
• Hamburg is the 15th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Hamburg lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,810 km) north of Mexico City.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mexico City would have about 150 m² and each person in Hamburg about 410 m².
• Laid side by side, Mexico City and Hamburg would cover 2,150 km², 1.07× the size of Mauritius.
• Together they have 10.8 million people, about as many people as Dominican Republic.
• Mexico City is drawn from 42 points and Hamburg is drawn from 52 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.
• Our measured 774 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 755 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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