Puebla is 6.77× the size of Chiba
Puebla (state of Mexico) covers about 34,600 km² (13,400 mi²) and Chiba (prefecture of Japan) about 5,110 km² (1,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 34,600km²Puebla
- 5,110km²Chiba
50 km
- Puebla
- Chiba
What fits
- Chiba fits inside Puebla about 6.77 times by area.
- Puebla is larger by 29,500 km² (11,400 mi²), which is 577% of the area of Chiba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Puebla is about 1.13, Chiba about 0.17.
How they differ
- Puebla is larger, but Chiba has the larger population: 6.3 million against 6.2 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,228 in Chiba against 178 in Puebla: Chiba is 6.89× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Puebla at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Chiba at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Puebla as 5.02× the size of Chiba instead of 6.77×.
- Together Puebla and Chiba cover 39,700 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 1.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 29,500 km², is about the size of Armenia (29,600 km²).
- At Chiba's density, Puebla would have 42.5 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Puebla's density, Chiba would have 912,000 (it has 6.3 million).
- Chiba's centre is 16.5° of latitude, about 1,830 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.
- Chiba is the 27th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Chiba lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,830 km) north of Puebla.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Puebla would have about 5,610 m² and each person in Chiba about 810 m².
- Laid side by side, Puebla and Chiba would cover 39,700 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
- Together they have 12.4 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
Side by side
| Puebla | Chiba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 34,600 km²13,400 mi² | 5,110 km²1,970 mi² |
| Official area | 34,300 km²Wikidata | 5,160 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 21st of 32in Mexico | 27th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2015 | 6.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 32in Mexico | 6th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 178 per km² | 1,228 per km² |
| Capital | Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza | Chiba |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 21°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. 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 5,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,110 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