Querétaro is 1.27× the size of Yamagata
Querétaro (state of Mexico) covers about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²) and Yamagata (prefecture of Japan) about 9,240 km² (3,570 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 11,700km²Querétaro
- 9,240km²Yamagata
50 km
- Querétaro
- Yamagata
What fits
- Yamagata is 79% of the size of Querétaro.
- Querétaro is larger by 2,460 km² (948 mi²), which is 27% of the area of Yamagata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Querétaro is about 0.38, Yamagata about 0.30.
How they differ
- Querétaro also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.1 million, 1.92× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 174 in Querétaro against 115 in Yamagata: Querétaro is 1.51× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
- On a standard web map Yamagata looks larger than Querétaro: Querétaro at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Yamagata at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Yamagata as 1.12× the size of Querétaro, when Querétaro is 1.27× the size of Yamagata.
- Together Querétaro and Yamagata cover 20,900 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 1.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,460 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
- At Yamagata's density, Querétaro would have 1.3 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Querétaro's density, Yamagata would have 1.6 million (it has 1.1 million).
- Yamagata's centre is 17.6° of latitude, about 1,960 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.
- Yamagata is the 9th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
- Yamagata lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,960 km) north of Querétaro.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Querétaro would have about 5,740 m² and each person in Yamagata about 8,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Querétaro and Yamagata would cover 20,900 km², about the same size as El Salvador.
- Together they have 3.1 million people, 1.06× as many people as Armenia.
Side by side
| Querétaro | Yamagata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 11,700 km²4,520 mi² | 9,240 km²3,570 mi² |
| Official area | 11,700 km²Wikidata | 9,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 27th of 32in Mexico | 9th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2015 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 22nd of 32in Mexico | 35th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 174 per km² | 115 per km² |
| Capital | Santiago de Querétaro | Yamagata |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 22°N | 38°N to 39°N |
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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,240 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