Oaxaca is 1.07× the size of West Bengal
Oaxaca (state of Mexico) covers about 92,200 km² (35,600 mi²) and West Bengal (state of India) about 86,400 km² (33,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 92,200km²Oaxaca
- 86,400km²West Bengal
100 km
- Oaxaca
- West Bengal
What fits
- West Bengal is 94% of the size of Oaxaca.
- Oaxaca is larger by 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²), which is 6.7% of the area of West Bengal.
- Measured in Belgiums: Oaxaca is about 3.00, West Bengal about 2.82.
How they differ
- Oaxaca is larger, but West Bengal has the larger population: 91.3 million against 4.0 million, 23.0× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,057 in West Bengal against 43 in Oaxaca: West Bengal is 24.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 15,500 km apart.
- On a standard web map West Bengal looks larger than Oaxaca: Oaxaca at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and West Bengal at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows West Bengal as 1.02× the size of Oaxaca, when Oaxaca is 1.07× the size of West Bengal.
- Together Oaxaca and West Bengal cover 179,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 5,790 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
- At West Bengal's density, Oaxaca would have 97.4 million people (it has 4.0 million). At Oaxaca's density, West Bengal would have 3.7 million (it has 91.3 million).
- West Bengal's centre is 6.8° of latitude, about 760 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.
- West Bengal is the 13th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.7% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- West Bengal lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 759 km) north of Oaxaca.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Oaxaca would have about 23,230 m² and each person in West Bengal about 950 m².
- Laid side by side, Oaxaca and West Bengal would cover 179,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
- Together they have 95.2 million people, about as many people as Vietnam.
Side by side
| Oaxaca | West Bengal | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 92,200 km²35,600 mi² | 86,400 km²33,300 mi² |
| Official area | 93,800 km²Wikidata | 88,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 32in Mexico | 13th of 36in India |
| Population | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2015 | 91.3 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 32in Mexico | 4th of 36in India |
| Density | 43 per km² | 1,057 per km² |
| Capital | Oaxaca de Juárez | Kolkata |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 19°N | 22°N to 27°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 93,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 92,200 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 86,400 km² is 2.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 88,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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