Puebla is 1.36× the size of Maryland
Puebla (state of Mexico) covers about 34,600 km² (13,400 mi²) and Maryland (state of the United States) about 25,500 km² (9,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 34,600km²Puebla
- 25,500km²Maryland
100 km
- Puebla
- Maryland
What fits
- Maryland is 74% of the size of Puebla.
- Puebla is larger by 9,130 km² (3,520 mi²), which is 36% of the area of Maryland.
- Measured in Belgiums: Puebla is about 1.13, Maryland about 0.83.
How they differ
- Puebla is larger, but Maryland has the larger population: 6.2 million against 6.2 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 243 in Maryland against 178 in Puebla: Maryland is 1.36× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,010 km apart.
- On a standard web map Maryland looks larger than Puebla: Puebla at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Maryland at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Maryland as 1.09× the size of Puebla, when Puebla is 1.36× the size of Maryland.
- Together Puebla and Maryland cover 60,100 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 5.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 9,130 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Maryland's density, Puebla would have 8.4 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Puebla's density, Maryland would have 4.5 million (it has 6.2 million).
- Maryland's centre is 20.0° of latitude, about 2,230 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.
- Maryland is the 42nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Maryland lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,230 km) north of Puebla.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Puebla would have about 5,610 m² and each person in Maryland about 4,120 m².
- Laid side by side, Puebla and Maryland would cover 60,100 km², 1.06× the size of Togo.
- Together they have 12.3 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
Side by side
| Puebla | Maryland | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 34,600 km²13,400 mi² | 25,500 km²9,830 mi² |
| Official area | 34,300 km²Wikidata | 32,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 21st of 32in Mexico | 42nd of 51in the United States |
| Population | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2015 | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 32in Mexico | 18th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 178 per km² | 243 per km² |
| Capital | Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza | Annapolis |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 21°N | 38°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 34,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 34,600 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 25,500 km² is 21% below Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 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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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