Querétaro is 1.32× the size of Kagoshima

What fits

• Kagoshima is 76% of the size of Querétaro.
• Querétaro is larger by 2,850 km² (1,100 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Kagoshima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Querétaro is about 0.38, Kagoshima about 0.29.

How they differ

• Querétaro also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.6 million, 1.28× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 179 in Kagoshima against 174 in Querétaro: Kagoshima is 1.03× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Querétaro at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Kagoshima at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Querétaro as 1.11× the size of Kagoshima instead of 1.32×.
• Together Querétaro and Kagoshima cover 20,600 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 0.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,850 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At Kagoshima's density, Querétaro would have 2.1 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Querétaro's density, Kagoshima would have 1.5 million (it has 1.6 million).
• Kagoshima's centre is 10.2° of latitude, about 1,130 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.
• Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
• Kagoshima lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,130 km) north of Querétaro.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Querétaro would have about 5,740 m² and each person in Kagoshima about 5,580 m².
• Laid side by side, Querétaro and Kagoshima would cover 20,600 km², about the same size as El Salvador.
• Together they have 3.6 million people, 1.04× as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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