Murcia is 1.01× the size of Qatar
Murcia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²) and Qatar (Asia) about 11,200 km² (4,310 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 11,300km²Murcia
- 11,200km²Qatar
50 km
- Murcia
- Qatar
What fits
- Qatar is 99% of the size of Murcia.
- Murcia is larger by 160 km² (61.6 mi²), which is 1.4% of the area of Qatar.
- Measured in Belgiums: Murcia is about 0.37, Qatar about 0.36.
How they differ
- Murcia is larger, but Qatar has the larger population: 2.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.68× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 237 in Qatar against 139 in Murcia: Qatar is 1.70× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,110 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Murcia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Qatar at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Murcia as 1.33× the size of Qatar instead of 1.01×.
- Together Murcia and Qatar cover 22,500 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 160 km², is about the size of Marshall Islands (165 km²).
- At Qatar's density, Murcia would have 2.7 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Murcia's density, Qatar would have 1.5 million (it has 2.6 million).
- Murcia's centre is 12.7° of latitude, about 1,410 km, farther north than Qatar's.
- Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Qatar ranks 165th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Murcia lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,410 km) north of Qatar.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Murcia would have about 7,190 m² and each person in Qatar about 4,220 m².
- Laid side by side, Murcia and Qatar would cover 22,500 km², about the same size as Belize.
- Together they have 4.2 million people, 94% as many people as Kuwait.
- Counted as a country, Murcia would rank 164th by area and 154th by population.
Side by side
| Murcia | Qatar | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 11,300 km²4,370 mi² | 11,200 km²4,310 mi² |
| Official area | 11,300 km²Wikidata | 11,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 19in Spain | 164th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2024 | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 19in Spain | 142nd of 237worldwide |
| Density | 139 per km² | 237 per km² |
| Capital | Murcia City | Doha |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 39°N | 25°N to 26°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2017. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 11,200 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,400 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