Mexico City is 1.33× the size of São Tomé and Príncipe

Mexico City (federal entity of Mexico) covers about 1,380 km² (531 mi²) and São Tomé and Príncipe (Africa) about 1,040 km² (400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,380km²Mexico City
1,040km²São Tomé and Príncipe

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Mexico City
São Tomé and Príncipe

What fits

São Tomé and Príncipe is 75% of the size of Mexico City.
Mexico City is larger by 338 km² (130 mi²), which is 33% of the area of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Measured in Belgiums: Mexico City is about 0.04, São Tomé and Príncipe about 0.03.

How they differ

Mexico City also has the larger population: 8.9 million against 204,000, 43.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 6,486 in Mexico City against 197 in São Tomé and Príncipe: Mexico City is 32.9× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,700 km apart.
Together Mexico City and São Tomé and Príncipe cover 2,410 km², close to the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km², 8.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 338 km², is about the size of Grenada (347 km²).
At São Tomé and Príncipe's density, Mexico City would have 271,000 people (it has 8.9 million). At Mexico City's density, São Tomé and Príncipe would have 6.7 million (it has 204,000).
Mexico City's centre is 18.8° of latitude, about 2,090 km, farther north than São Tomé and Príncipe'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.
São Tomé and Príncipe ranks 185th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Mexico City lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,090 km) north of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Shared out evenly, each person in Mexico City would have about 150 m² and each person in São Tomé and Príncipe about 5,080 m².
Laid side by side, Mexico City and São Tomé and Príncipe would cover 2,410 km², 92% of the size of Luxembourg.
Together they have 9.1 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.
Mexico City is drawn from 42 points and São Tomé and Príncipe is drawn from 53 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are 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

	Mexico City	São Tomé and Príncipe
Is a	Federal entityMexico	CountryAfrica
Area, measured	1,380 km²531 mi²	1,040 km²400 mi²
Official area	1,490 km²Wikidata	1,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	32nd of 32in Mexico	184th of 239worldwide
Population	8.9 millionWikidata, 2015	204,000Wikidata, 2017
Rank by population	2nd of 32in Mexico	182nd of 237worldwide
Density	6,486 per km²	197 per km²
Capital	–	São Tomé
Latitude range	19°N to 20°N	0°N to 2°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2017. 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 1,040 km² is 3.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,000 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

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