Oaxaca is 1.32× the size of Bavaria
Oaxaca (state of Mexico) covers about 92,200 km² (35,600 mi²) and Bavaria (state of Germany) about 70,000 km² (27,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 92,200km²Oaxaca
- 70,000km²Bavaria
100 km
- Oaxaca
- Bavaria
What fits
- Bavaria is 76% of the size of Oaxaca.
- Oaxaca is larger by 22,100 km² (8,550 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Bavaria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Oaxaca is about 3.00, Bavaria about 2.28.
How they differ
- Oaxaca is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 4.0 million, 3.29× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 43 in Oaxaca: Bavaria is 4.32× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,830 km apart.
- On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Oaxaca: Oaxaca at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.61× the size of Oaxaca, when Oaxaca is 1.32× the size of Bavaria.
- Together Oaxaca and Bavaria cover 162,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 3.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 22,100 km², is about the size of Israel (22,100 km²).
- At Bavaria's density, Oaxaca would have 17.2 million people (it has 4.0 million). At Oaxaca's density, Bavaria would have 3.0 million (it has 13.0 million).
- Bavaria's centre is 32.0° of latitude, about 3,550 km, farther north than Oaxaca's.
- Oaxaca is the 5th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Bavaria lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,550 km) north of Oaxaca.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Oaxaca would have about 23,230 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
- Laid side by side, Oaxaca and Bavaria would cover 162,000 km², 1.04× the size of Tunisia.
- Together they have 17.0 million people, about as many people as Ecuador.
Side by side
| Oaxaca | Bavaria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 92,200 km²35,600 mi² | 70,000 km²27,000 mi² |
| Official area | 93,800 km²Wikidata | 70,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 32in Mexico | 1st of 16in Germany |
| Population | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2015 | 13.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 32in Mexico | 2nd of 16in Germany |
| Density | 43 per km² | 186 per km² |
| Capital | Oaxaca de Juárez | Munich |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 19°N | 47°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 93,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 92,200 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 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