Querétaro is 1.03× the size of Murcia

Querétaro (state of Mexico) covers about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²) and Murcia (autonomous community of Spain) about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,700km²Querétaro
11,300km²Murcia

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Querétaro
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What fits

Murcia is 97% of the size of Querétaro.
Querétaro is larger by 390 km² (151 mi²), which is 3.5% of the area of Murcia.
Measured in Belgiums: Querétaro is about 0.38, Murcia about 0.37.

How they differ

Querétaro also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.6 million, 1.30× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 174 in Querétaro against 139 in Murcia: Querétaro is 1.25× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,300 km apart.
On a standard web map Murcia looks larger than Querétaro: Querétaro at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Murcia at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Murcia as 1.36× the size of Querétaro, when Querétaro is 1.03× the size of Murcia.
Together Querétaro and Murcia cover 23,000 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 3.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 390 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
At Murcia's density, Querétaro would have 1.6 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Querétaro's density, Murcia would have 2.0 million (it has 1.6 million).
Murcia's centre is 17.2° of latitude, about 1,910 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.
Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Murcia lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,910 km) north of Querétaro.
Shared out evenly, each person in Querétaro would have about 5,740 m² and each person in Murcia about 7,190 m².
Laid side by side, Querétaro and Murcia would cover 23,000 km², 1.03× the size of Belize.
Together they have 3.6 million people, 1.03× as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

	Querétaro	Murcia
Is a	StateMexico	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	11,700 km²4,520 mi²	11,300 km²4,370 mi²
Official area	11,700 km²Wikidata	11,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 32in Mexico	9th of 19in Spain
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2015	1.6 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	22nd of 32in Mexico	10th of 19in Spain
Density	174 per km²	139 per km²
Capital	Santiago de Querétaro	Murcia City
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	37°N to 39°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2024. 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 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 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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