Pernambuco is 71.0× the size of Mexico City

What fits

• Mexico City fits inside Pernambuco about 71.0 times by area.
• Pernambuco is larger by 96,300 km² (37,200 mi²), which is 7,000% of the area of Mexico City.
• Measured in Belgiums: Pernambuco is about 3.18, Mexico City about 0.04.

How they differ

• Pernambuco also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 8.9 million, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 6,486 in Mexico City against 93 in Pernambuco: Mexico City is 69.9× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,370 km apart.
• Together Pernambuco and Mexico City cover 99,000 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 0.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 96,300 km², is about the size of Liberia (95,300 km²).
• At Mexico City's density, Pernambuco would have 633.2 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Pernambuco's density, Mexico City would have 128,000 (it has 8.9 million).
• Mexico City's centre is 27.6° of latitude, about 3,070 km, farther north than Pernambuco's.
• Pernambuco is the 19th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Mexico City is the 32nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Mexico City lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,070 km) north of Pernambuco, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Pernambuco would have about 10,780 m² and each person in Mexico City about 150 m².
• Laid side by side, Pernambuco and Mexico City would cover 99,000 km², about the same size as South Korea.
• Together they have 18.0 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.
• Mexico City is drawn from 42 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 98,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 97,600 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 1,380 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,490 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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