Nuevo León is 12.9× the size of Fukuoka
Nuevo León (state of Mexico) covers about 65,000 km² (25,100 mi²) and Fukuoka (prefecture of Japan) about 5,050 km² (1,950 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 65,000km²Nuevo León
- 5,050km²Fukuoka
50 km
- Nuevo León
- Fukuoka
What fits
- Fukuoka fits inside Nuevo León about 12.9 times by area.
- Nuevo León is larger by 59,900 km² (23,100 mi²), which is 1,186% of the area of Fukuoka.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nuevo León is about 2.12, Fukuoka about 0.16.
How they differ
- Nuevo León also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 5.1 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,011 in Fukuoka against 80 in Nuevo León: Fukuoka is 12.7× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nuevo León at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Fukuoka at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Nuevo León as 11.0× the size of Fukuoka instead of 12.9×.
- Together Nuevo León and Fukuoka cover 70,000 km², close to the size of Georgia (69,600 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 59,900 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
- At Fukuoka's density, Nuevo León would have 65.7 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Nuevo León's density, Fukuoka would have 403,000 (it has 5.1 million).
- Fukuoka's centre is 8.0° of latitude, about 890 km, farther north than Nuevo León's.
- Nuevo León is the 13th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Fukuoka is the 28th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Fukuoka lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 885 km) north of Nuevo León.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nuevo León would have about 12,520 m² and each person in Fukuoka about 990 m².
- Laid side by side, Nuevo León and Fukuoka would cover 70,000 km², about the same size as Georgia.
- Together they have 10.3 million people, about as many people as Portugal.
Side by side
| Nuevo León | Fukuoka | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 65,000 km²25,100 mi² | 5,050 km²1,950 mi² |
| Official area | 64,200 km²Wikidata | 4,970 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 32in Mexico | 28th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2015 | 5.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 32in Mexico | 9th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 80 per km² | 1,011 per km² |
| Capital | Monterrey | Fukuoka |
| Latitude range | 23°N to 28°N | 33°N to 34°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 64,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 65,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,970 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,050 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