Michoacán is 1.03× the size of Grand Est
Michoacán (state of Mexico) covers about 58,900 km² (22,700 mi²) and Grand Est (region of France) about 57,400 km² (22,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 58,900km²Michoacán
- 57,400km²Grand Est
100 km
- Michoacán
- Grand Est
What fits
- Grand Est is 97% of the size of Michoacán.
- Michoacán is larger by 1,500 km² (580 mi²), which is 2.6% of the area of Grand Est.
- Measured in Belgiums: Michoacán is about 1.92, Grand Est about 1.87.
How they differ
- Michoacán is larger, but Grand Est has the larger population: 5.6 million against 4.6 million, 1.21× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 97 in Grand Est against 78 in Michoacán: Grand Est is 1.24× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,630 km apart.
- On a standard web map Grand Est looks larger than Michoacán: Michoacán at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Grand Est at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Grand Est as 1.99× the size of Michoacán, when Michoacán is 1.03× the size of Grand Est.
- Together Michoacán and Grand Est cover 116,000 km², close to the size of Benin (116,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,500 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Grand Est's density, Michoacán would have 5.7 million people (it has 4.6 million). At Michoacán's density, Grand Est would have 4.5 million (it has 5.6 million).
- Grand Est's centre is 29.5° of latitude, about 3,280 km, farther north than Michoacán's.
- Michoacán is the 16th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
- Grand Est is the 5th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 9.0% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Grand Est lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,280 km) north of Michoacán.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Michoacán would have about 12,840 m² and each person in Grand Est about 10,320 m².
- Laid side by side, Michoacán and Grand Est would cover 116,000 km², about the same size as Benin.
- Together they have 10.1 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.
Side by side
| Michoacán | Grand Est | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 58,900 km²22,700 mi² | 57,400 km²22,200 mi² |
| Official area | 58,600 km²Wikidata | 57,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 16th of 32in Mexico | 5th of 18in France |
| Population | 4.6 millionWikidata, 2015 | 5.6 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 9th of 32in Mexico | 6th of 18in France |
| Density | 78 per km² | 97 per km² |
| Capital | Morelia | Strasbourg |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 20°N | 47°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 58,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 58,900 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,400 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Grand Est is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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