Querétaro is 1.09× the size of Gifu

Querétaro (state of Mexico) covers about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²) and Gifu (prefecture of Japan) about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,700km²Querétaro
10,700km²Gifu

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Querétaro
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What fits

Gifu is 91% of the size of Querétaro.
Querétaro is larger by 1,010 km² (392 mi²), which is 9.5% of the area of Gifu.
Measured in Belgiums: Querétaro is about 0.38, Gifu about 0.35.

How they differ

Querétaro also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 2.0 million, 1.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 185 in Gifu against 174 in Querétaro: Gifu is 1.06× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
On a standard web map Gifu looks larger than Querétaro: Querétaro at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Gifu at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Gifu as 1.21× the size of Querétaro, when Querétaro is 1.09× the size of Gifu.
Together Querétaro and Gifu cover 22,400 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,010 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
At Gifu's density, Querétaro would have 2.2 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Querétaro's density, Gifu would have 1.9 million (it has 2.0 million).
Gifu's centre is 14.9° of latitude, about 1,660 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.
Gifu is the 7th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Gifu lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,660 km) north of Querétaro.
Shared out evenly, each person in Querétaro would have about 5,740 m² and each person in Gifu about 5,410 m².
Laid side by side, Querétaro and Gifu would cover 22,400 km², about the same size as Belize.
Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Querétaro	Gifu
Is a	StateMexico	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	11,700 km²4,520 mi²	10,700 km²4,130 mi²
Official area	11,700 km²Wikidata	10,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 32in Mexico	7th of 47in Japan
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2015	2.0 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	22nd of 32in Mexico	17th of 47in Japan
Density	174 per km²	185 per km²
Capital	Santiago de Querétaro	Gifu
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	35°N to 36°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. 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 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 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

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