Querétaro is 1.02× the size of Tianjin

Querétaro (state of Mexico) covers about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²) and Tianjin (municipality of China) about 11,500 km² (4,430 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,700km²Querétaro
11,500km²Tianjin

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Querétaro
Tianjin

What fits

Tianjin is 98% of the size of Querétaro.
Querétaro is larger by 225 km² (86.7 mi²), which is 2.0% of the area of Tianjin.
Measured in Belgiums: Querétaro is about 0.38, Tianjin about 0.37.

How they differ

Querétaro is larger, but Tianjin has the larger population: 13.9 million against 2.0 million, 6.80× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,208 in Tianjin against 174 in Querétaro: Tianjin is 6.94× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,300 km apart.
On a standard web map Tianjin looks larger than Querétaro: Querétaro at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Tianjin at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Tianjin as 1.43× the size of Querétaro, when Querétaro is 1.02× the size of Tianjin.
Together Querétaro and Tianjin cover 23,200 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 3.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 225 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
At Tianjin's density, Querétaro would have 14.1 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Querétaro's density, Tianjin would have 2.0 million (it has 13.9 million).
Tianjin's centre is 18.5° of latitude, about 2,050 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.
Tianjin is the 30th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Tianjin lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,050 km) north of Querétaro.
Shared out evenly, each person in Querétaro would have about 5,740 m² and each person in Tianjin about 830 m².
Laid side by side, Querétaro and Tianjin would cover 23,200 km², 1.04× the size of Belize.
Together they have 15.9 million people, 1.05× as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

	Querétaro	Tianjin
Is a	StateMexico	MunicipalityChina
Area, measured	11,700 km²4,520 mi²	11,500 km²4,430 mi²
Official area	11,700 km²Wikidata	11,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 32in Mexico	30th of 31in China
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2015	13.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	22nd of 32in Mexico	27th of 31in China
Density	174 per km²	1,208 per km²
Capital	Santiago de Querétaro	–
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	39°N to 40°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%.
Our measured 11,500 km² is 3.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,900 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
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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