Querétaro is 1.16× the size of Basilicata

Querétaro (state of Mexico) covers about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²) and Basilicata (region of Italy) about 10,100 km² (3,880 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,700km²Querétaro
10,100km²Basilicata

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Querétaro
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What fits

Basilicata is 86% of the size of Querétaro.
Querétaro is larger by 1,640 km² (633 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Basilicata.
Measured in Belgiums: Querétaro is about 0.38, Basilicata about 0.33.

How they differ

Querétaro also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 563,000, 3.62× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 174 in Querétaro against 56 in Basilicata: Querétaro is 3.11× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
On a standard web map Basilicata looks larger than Querétaro: Querétaro at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Basilicata at 41°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Basilicata as 1.30× the size of Querétaro, when Querétaro is 1.16× the size of Basilicata.
Together Querétaro and Basilicata cover 21,800 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,640 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Basilicata's density, Querétaro would have 655,000 people (it has 2.0 million). At Querétaro's density, Basilicata would have 1.8 million (it has 563,000).
Basilicata's centre is 19.7° of latitude, about 2,190 km, farther north than Querétaro's.
Querétaro is the 27th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Basilicata is the 14th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Basilicata lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,190 km) north of Querétaro.
Shared out evenly, each person in Querétaro would have about 5,740 m² and each person in Basilicata about 17,880 m².
Laid side by side, Querétaro and Basilicata would cover 21,800 km², about the same size as Djibouti.
Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Qatar.

Side by side

	Querétaro	Basilicata
Is a	StateMexico	RegionItaly
Area, measured	11,700 km²4,520 mi²	10,100 km²3,880 mi²
Official area	11,700 km²Wikidata	9,990 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 32in Mexico	14th of 20in Italy
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2015	563,000Wikidata, 2019
Rank by population	22nd of 32in Mexico	18th of 20in Italy
Density	174 per km²	56 per km²
Capital	Santiago de Querétaro	Potenza
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	40°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 9,990 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,100 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 Basilicata 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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