Missouri is 5.22× the size of Puebla
Missouri (state of the United States) covers about 180,000 km² (69,700 mi²) and Puebla (state of Mexico) about 34,600 km² (13,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 180,000km²Missouri
- 34,600km²Puebla
100 km
- Missouri
- Puebla
What fits
- Puebla fits inside Missouri about 5.22 times by area.
- Missouri is larger by 146,000 km² (56,300 mi²), which is 422% of the area of Puebla.
- Measured in Belgiums: Missouri is about 5.88, Puebla about 1.13.
How they differ
- Missouri is larger, but Puebla has the larger population: 6.2 million against 6.2 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 178 in Puebla against 34 in Missouri: Puebla is 5.23× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,210 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Missouri at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Puebla at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Missouri as 7.59× the size of Puebla instead of 5.22×.
- Together Missouri and Puebla cover 215,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 146,000 km², is about the size of Suriname (145,000 km²).
- At Puebla's density, Missouri would have 32.2 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Missouri's density, Puebla would have 1.2 million (it has 6.2 million).
- Missouri's centre is 19.3° of latitude, about 2,150 km, farther north than Puebla's.
- Missouri is the 20th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Puebla is the 21st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Missouri lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,150 km) north of Puebla.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Missouri would have about 29,320 m² and each person in Puebla about 5,610 m².
- Laid side by side, Missouri and Puebla would cover 215,000 km², about the same size as Guyana.
- Together they have 12.3 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
Side by side
| Missouri | Puebla | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 180,000 km²69,700 mi² | 34,600 km²13,400 mi² |
| Official area | 181,000 km²Wikidata | 34,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 51in the United States | 21st of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2020 | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 51in the United States | 5th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 34 per km² | 178 per km² |
| Capital | Jefferson City | Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 41°N | 18°N to 21°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 181,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 180,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 34,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 34,600 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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