Querétaro is 1.05× the size of Qatar

Querétaro (state of Mexico) covers about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²) and Qatar (Asia) about 11,200 km² (4,310 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,700km²Querétaro
11,200km²Qatar

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Querétaro
Qatar

What fits

Qatar is 95% of the size of Querétaro.
Querétaro is larger by 550 km² (212 mi²), which is 4.9% of the area of Qatar.
Measured in Belgiums: Querétaro is about 0.38, Qatar about 0.36.

How they differ

Querétaro is larger, but Qatar has the larger population: 2.6 million against 2.0 million, 1.29× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 237 in Qatar against 174 in Querétaro: Qatar is 1.36× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,000 km apart.
On a standard web map Qatar looks larger than Querétaro: Querétaro at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Qatar at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Qatar as 1.02× the size of Querétaro, when Querétaro is 1.05× the size of Qatar.
Together Querétaro and Qatar cover 22,900 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 2.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 550 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
At Qatar's density, Querétaro would have 2.8 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Querétaro's density, Qatar would have 1.9 million (it has 2.6 million).
Qatar's centre is 4.5° of latitude, about 500 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.
Qatar ranks 165th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Qatar lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 499 km) north of Querétaro.
Shared out evenly, each person in Querétaro would have about 5,740 m² and each person in Qatar about 4,220 m².
Laid side by side, Querétaro and Qatar would cover 22,900 km², about the same size as Belize.
Together they have 4.7 million people, about as many people as Mauritania.
Counted as a country, Querétaro would rank 163rd by area and 147th by population.

Side by side

	Querétaro	Qatar
Is a	StateMexico	CountryAsia
Area, measured	11,700 km²4,520 mi²	11,200 km²4,310 mi²
Official area	11,700 km²Wikidata	11,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 32in Mexico	164th of 239worldwide
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2015	2.6 millionWikidata, 2017
Rank by population	22nd of 32in Mexico	142nd of 237worldwide
Density	174 per km²	237 per km²
Capital	Santiago de Querétaro	Doha
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	25°N to 26°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2017. 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 11,200 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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