Niigata is 1.06× the size of Querétaro
Niigata (prefecture of Japan) covers about 12,500 km² (4,810 mi²) and Querétaro (state of Mexico) about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 12,500km²Niigata
- 11,700km²Querétaro
50 km
- Niigata
- Querétaro
What fits
- Querétaro is 94% of the size of Niigata.
- Niigata is larger by 753 km² (291 mi²), which is 6.4% of the area of Querétaro.
- Measured in Belgiums: Niigata is about 0.41, Querétaro about 0.38.
How they differ
- Niigata also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 2.0 million, 1.08× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 176 in Niigata against 174 in Querétaro: Niigata is 1.01× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Niigata at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Querétaro at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Niigata as 1.48× the size of Querétaro instead of 1.06×.
- Together Niigata and Querétaro cover 24,200 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 4.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 753 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
- At Querétaro's density, Niigata would have 2.2 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Niigata's density, Querétaro would have 2.1 million (it has 2.0 million).
- Niigata's centre is 16.7° of latitude, about 1,860 km, farther north than Querétaro's.
- Niigata is the 5th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
- Querétaro is the 27th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Niigata lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,860 km) north of Querétaro.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Niigata would have about 5,680 m² and each person in Querétaro about 5,740 m².
- Laid side by side, Niigata and Querétaro would cover 24,200 km², 95% of the size of Rwanda.
- Together they have 4.2 million people, 95% as many people as Kuwait.
Side by side
| Niigata | Querétaro | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 12,500 km²4,810 mi² | 11,700 km²4,520 mi² |
| Official area | 12,600 km²Wikidata | 11,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 47in Japan | 27th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 2.2 millionWikidata, 2021 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 15th of 47in Japan | 22nd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 176 per km² | 174 per km² |
| Capital | Niigata | Santiago de Querétaro |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 39°N | 20°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,500 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 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