New Mexico is 19.6× the size of Thuringia
New Mexico (state of the United States) covers about 315,000 km² (122,000 mi²) and Thuringia (state of Germany) about 16,100 km² (6,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 315,000km²New Mexico
- 16,100km²Thuringia
100 km
- New Mexico
- Thuringia
What fits
- Thuringia fits inside New Mexico about 19.6 times by area.
- New Mexico is larger by 299,000 km² (115,000 mi²), which is 1,861% of the area of Thuringia.
- Measured in Belgiums: New Mexico is about 10.3, Thuringia about 0.52.
How they differ
- New Mexico also has the larger population: 2.1 million against 2.1 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 131 in Thuringia against 6.7 in New Mexico: Thuringia is 19.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,720 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: New Mexico at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Thuringia at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows New Mexico as 11.5× the size of Thuringia instead of 19.6×.
- Together New Mexico and Thuringia cover 331,000 km², close to the size of Finland (333,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 299,000 km², is about the size of Italy (301,000 km²).
- At Thuringia's density, New Mexico would have 41.4 million people (it has 2.1 million). At New Mexico's density, Thuringia would have 108,000 (it has 2.1 million).
- Thuringia's centre is 16.5° of latitude, about 1,830 km, farther north than New Mexico's.
- New Mexico is the 5th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
- Thuringia is the 11th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.5% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Thuringia lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,830 km) north of New Mexico.
- Shared out evenly, each person in New Mexico would have about 148,790 m² and each person in Thuringia about 7,610 m².
- Laid side by side, New Mexico and Thuringia would cover 331,000 km², about the same size as Finland.
- Together they have 4.2 million people, 95% as many people as Kuwait.
Side by side
| New Mexico | Thuringia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 315,000 km²122,000 mi² | 16,100 km²6,200 mi² |
| Official area | 315,000 km²Wikidata | 16,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 51in the United States | 11th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 2.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 2.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 36th of 51in the United States | 12th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 6.7 per km² | 131 per km² |
| Capital | Santa Fe | Erfurt |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 37°N | 50°N to 52°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 315,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 315,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 16,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,100 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