Nuevo León is 1.25× the size of Ningxia
Nuevo León (state of Mexico) covers about 65,000 km² (25,100 mi²) and Ningxia (autonomous region of China) about 52,100 km² (20,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 65,000km²Nuevo León
- 52,100km²Ningxia
100 km
- Nuevo León
- Ningxia
What fits
- Ningxia is 80% of the size of Nuevo León.
- Nuevo León is larger by 12,800 km² (4,960 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Ningxia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nuevo León is about 2.12, Ningxia about 1.70.
How they differ
- Nuevo León is larger, but Ningxia has the larger population: 7.2 million against 5.2 million, 1.39× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 138 in Ningxia against 80 in Nuevo León: Ningxia is 1.73× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,500 km apart.
- On a standard web map Ningxia looks larger than Nuevo León: Nuevo León at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Ningxia at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Ningxia as 1.03× the size of Nuevo León, when Nuevo León is 1.25× the size of Ningxia.
- Together Nuevo León and Ningxia cover 117,000 km², close to the size of Benin (116,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 12,800 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
- At Ningxia's density, Nuevo León would have 9.0 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Nuevo León's density, Ningxia would have 4.2 million (it has 7.2 million).
- Ningxia's centre is 11.7° of latitude, about 1,300 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.
- Ningxia is the 27th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Ningxia lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,300 km) north of Nuevo León.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nuevo León would have about 12,520 m² and each person in Ningxia about 7,240 m².
- Laid side by side, Nuevo León and Ningxia would cover 117,000 km², about the same size as Benin.
- Together they have 12.4 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
Side by side
| Nuevo León | Ningxia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | Autonomous RegionChina |
| Area, measured | 65,000 km²25,100 mi² | 52,100 km²20,100 mi² |
| Official area | 64,200 km²Wikidata | 52,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 32in Mexico | 27th of 31in China |
| Population | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2015 | 7.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 32in Mexico | 29th of 31in China |
| Density | 80 per km² | 138 per km² |
| Capital | Monterrey | Yinchuan |
| Latitude range | 23°N to 28°N | 35°N to 39°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 52,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,100 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