Puebla is 1.25× the size of Alagoas

Puebla (state of Mexico) covers about 34,600 km² (13,400 mi²) and Alagoas (state of Brazil) about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

34,600km²Puebla
27,600km²Alagoas

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Puebla
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What fits

Alagoas is 80% of the size of Puebla.
Puebla is larger by 6,970 km² (2,690 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Alagoas.
Measured in Belgiums: Puebla is about 1.13, Alagoas about 0.90.

How they differ

Puebla also has the larger population: 6.2 million against 3.1 million, 1.97× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 178 in Puebla against 113 in Alagoas: Puebla is 1.57× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,420 km apart.
Together Puebla and Alagoas cover 62,200 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 3.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,970 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Alagoas's density, Puebla would have 3.9 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Puebla's density, Alagoas would have 4.9 million (it has 3.1 million).
Puebla's centre is 28.5° of latitude, about 3,170 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
Puebla is the 21st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Puebla lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,170 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Puebla would have about 5,610 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
Laid side by side, Puebla and Alagoas would cover 62,200 km², 96% of the size of Latvia.
Together they have 9.3 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.

Side by side

	Puebla	Alagoas
Is a	StateMexico	StateBrazil
Area, measured	34,600 km²13,400 mi²	27,600 km²10,700 mi²
Official area	34,300 km²Wikidata	27,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	21st of 32in Mexico	25th of 27in Brazil
Population	6.2 millionWikidata, 2015	3.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	5th of 32in Mexico	19th of 27in Brazil
Density	178 per km²	113 per km²
Capital	Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza	Maceió
Latitude range	18°N to 21°N	11°S to 9°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 34,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 34,600 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 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

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