Puebla is 1.13× the size of Belgium
Puebla (state of Mexico) covers about 34,600 km² (13,400 mi²) and Belgium (Europe) about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 34,600km²Puebla
- 30,700km²Belgium
50 km
- Puebla
- Belgium
What fits
- Belgium is 89% of the size of Puebla.
- Puebla is larger by 3,920 km² (1,510 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Belgium.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Puebla is about 0.83, Belgium about 0.74.
How they differ
- Puebla is larger, but Belgium has the larger population: 11.8 million against 6.2 million, 1.92× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 178 in Puebla: Belgium is 2.16× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,230 km apart.
- On a standard web map Belgium looks larger than Puebla: Puebla at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Belgium at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Belgium as 1.97× the size of Puebla, when Puebla is 1.13× the size of Belgium.
- Together Puebla and Belgium cover 65,300 km², close to the size of Lithuania (64,900 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 3,920 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- At Belgium's density, Puebla would have 13.3 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Puebla's density, Belgium would have 5.5 million (it has 11.8 million).
- Belgium's centre is 31.6° of latitude, about 3,520 km, farther north than Puebla'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.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Belgium lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,520 km) north of Puebla.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Puebla would have about 5,610 m² and each person in Belgium about 2,590 m².
- Laid side by side, Puebla and Belgium would cover 65,300 km², about the same size as Lithuania.
- Together they have 18.0 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.
- Counted as a country, Puebla would rank 138th by area and 111th by population.
Side by side
| Puebla | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 34,600 km²13,400 mi² | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² |
| Official area | 34,300 km²Wikidata | 30,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 21st of 32in Mexico | 140th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2015 | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 32in Mexico | 80th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 178 per km² | 386 per km² |
| Capital | Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza | Brussels |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 21°N | 49°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2025. 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 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 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