Puebla is 1.08× the size of Catalonia

Puebla (state of Mexico) covers about 34,600 km² (13,400 mi²) and Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain) about 32,000 km² (12,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

34,600km²Puebla
32,000km²Catalonia

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Puebla
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What fits

Catalonia is 92% of the size of Puebla.
Puebla is larger by 2,620 km² (1,010 mi²), which is 8.2% of the area of Catalonia.
Measured in Belgiums: Puebla is about 1.13, Catalonia about 1.04.

How they differ

Puebla is larger, but Catalonia has the larger population: 8.0 million against 6.2 million, 1.30× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 251 in Catalonia against 178 in Puebla: Catalonia is 1.41× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,360 km apart.
On a standard web map Catalonia looks larger than Puebla: Puebla at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Catalonia at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Catalonia as 1.49× the size of Puebla, when Puebla is 1.08× the size of Catalonia.
Together Puebla and Catalonia cover 66,600 km², close to the size of Sri Lanka (66,300 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,620 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Catalonia's density, Puebla would have 8.7 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Puebla's density, Catalonia would have 5.7 million (it has 8.0 million).
Catalonia's centre is 22.8° of latitude, about 2,530 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.
Catalonia is the 6th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 6.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Catalonia lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,530 km) north of Puebla.
Shared out evenly, each person in Puebla would have about 5,610 m² and each person in Catalonia about 3,980 m².
Laid side by side, Puebla and Catalonia would cover 66,600 km², about the same size as Sri Lanka.
Together they have 14.2 million people, about as many people as Benin.

Side by side

	Puebla	Catalonia
Is a	StateMexico	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	34,600 km²13,400 mi²	32,000 km²12,300 mi²
Official area	34,300 km²Wikidata	31,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	21st of 32in Mexico	6th of 19in Spain
Population	6.2 millionWikidata, 2015	8.0 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	5th of 32in Mexico	2nd of 19in Spain
Density	178 per km²	251 per km²
Capital	Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza	Barcelona
Latitude range	18°N to 21°N	41°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2024. 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 31,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Catalonia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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