Oaxaca is 1.01× the size of Portugal
Oaxaca (state of Mexico) covers about 92,200 km² (35,600 mi²) and Portugal (Europe) about 91,400 km² (35,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 92,200km²Oaxaca
- 91,400km²Portugal
500 km
- Oaxaca
- Portugal
What fits
- Portugal is 99% of the size of Oaxaca.
- Oaxaca is larger by 767 km² (296 mi²), which is 0.8% of the area of Portugal.
- Measured in Belgiums: Oaxaca is about 3.00, Portugal about 2.98.
How they differ
- Oaxaca is larger, but Portugal has the larger population: 10.3 million against 4.0 million, 2.61× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 113 in Portugal against 43 in Oaxaca: Portugal is 2.63× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,630 km apart.
- On a standard web map Portugal looks larger than Oaxaca: Oaxaca at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Portugal at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Portugal as 1.53× the size of Oaxaca, when Oaxaca is 1.01× the size of Portugal.
- Together Oaxaca and Portugal cover 184,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
- At Portugal's density, Oaxaca would have 10.4 million people (it has 4.0 million). At Oaxaca's density, Portugal would have 3.9 million (it has 10.3 million).
- Portugal's centre is 22.6° of latitude, about 2,520 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.
- Portugal ranks 112th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Portugal lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,520 km) north of Oaxaca.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Oaxaca would have about 23,230 m² and each person in Portugal about 8,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Oaxaca and Portugal would cover 184,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
- Together they have 14.3 million people, about as many people as Benin.
- Counted as a country, Oaxaca would rank 111th by area and 130th by population.
Side by side
| Oaxaca | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 92,200 km²35,600 mi² | 91,400 km²35,300 mi² |
| Official area | 93,800 km²Wikidata | 92,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 32in Mexico | 111th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2015 | 10.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 32in Mexico | 90th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 43 per km² | 113 per km² |
| Capital | Oaxaca de Juárez | Lisbon |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 19°N | 30°N to 42°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. 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 92,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 91,400 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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