Netherlands is 1.54× the size of Tabasco
Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²) and Tabasco (state of Mexico) about 24,100 km² (9,290 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 37,100km²Netherlands
- 24,100km²Tabasco
100 km
- Netherlands
- Tabasco
What fits
- Tabasco is 65% of the size of Netherlands.
- Netherlands is larger by 13,000 km² (5,040 mi²), which is 54% of the area of Tabasco.
- Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Tabasco about 0.78.
How they differ
- Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 2.4 million, 7.47× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 100 in Tabasco: Netherlands is 4.80× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,980 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Netherlands at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Tabasco at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Netherlands as 3.73× the size of Tabasco instead of 1.54×.
- Together Netherlands and Tabasco cover 61,200 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 5.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 13,000 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
- At Tabasco's density, Netherlands would have 3.7 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Tabasco would have 11.5 million (it has 2.4 million).
- Netherlands's centre is 34.3° of latitude, about 3,820 km, farther north than Tabasco's.
- Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Tabasco is the 24th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Netherlands lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,820 km) north of Tabasco.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Tabasco about 10,010 m².
- Laid side by side, Netherlands and Tabasco would cover 61,200 km², 95% of the size of Latvia.
- Together they have 20.3 million people, about as many people as Kazakhstan.
- Counted as a country, Tabasco would rank 150th by area and 146th by population.
Side by side
| Netherlands | Tabasco | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 37,100 km²14,300 mi² | 24,100 km²9,290 mi² |
| Official area | 37,400 km²Wikidata | 24,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 136th of 239worldwide | 24th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 17.9 millionWikidata, 2024 | 2.4 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 67th of 237worldwide | 20th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 480 per km² | 100 per km² |
| Capital | Amsterdam | Villahermosa |
| Latitude range | 51°N to 54°N | 17°N to 19°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 24,100 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 24,700 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