Morelos is 1.10× the size of Kyoto
Morelos (state of Mexico) covers about 5,080 km² (1,960 mi²) and Kyoto (prefecture of Japan) about 4,610 km² (1,780 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,080km²Morelos
- 4,610km²Kyoto
20 km
- Morelos
- Kyoto
What fits
- Kyoto is 91% of the size of Morelos.
- Morelos is larger by 469 km² (181 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Kyoto.
- Measured in Belgiums: Morelos is about 0.17, Kyoto about 0.15.
How they differ
- Morelos is larger, but Kyoto has the larger population: 2.6 million against 2.0 million, 1.30× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 556 in Kyoto against 388 in Morelos: Kyoto is 1.43× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,700 km apart.
- On a standard web map Kyoto looks larger than Morelos: Morelos at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Kyoto at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Kyoto as 1.22× the size of Morelos, when Morelos is 1.10× the size of Kyoto.
- Together Morelos and Kyoto cover 9,690 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 3.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 469 km², is about the size of Curaçao (463 km²).
- At Kyoto's density, Morelos would have 2.8 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Morelos's density, Kyoto would have 1.8 million (it has 2.6 million).
- Kyoto's centre is 16.5° of latitude, about 1,830 km, farther north than Morelos's.
- Morelos is the 30th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Kyoto is the 30th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Kyoto lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,830 km) north of Morelos.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Morelos would have about 2,580 m² and each person in Kyoto about 1,800 m².
- Laid side by side, Morelos and Kyoto would cover 9,690 km², 97% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 4.5 million people, about as many people as Panama.
Side by side
| Morelos | Kyoto | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,080 km²1,960 mi² | 4,610 km²1,780 mi² |
| Official area | 4,880 km²Wikidata | 4,610 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 32in Mexico | 30th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 23rd of 32in Mexico | 13th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 388 per km² | 556 per km² |
| Capital | Cuernavaca | Kyoto |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 19°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 5,080 km² is 4.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,880 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,610 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