Quintana Roo is 1.04× the size of Extremadura

Quintana Roo (state of Mexico) covers about 43,900 km² (16,900 mi²) and Extremadura (autonomous community of Spain) about 42,100 km² (16,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

43,900km²Quintana Roo
42,100km²Extremadura

50 km

Quintana Roo
Extremadura

What fits

Extremadura is 96% of the size of Quintana Roo.
Quintana Roo is larger by 1,770 km² (684 mi²), which is 4.2% of the area of Extremadura.
Measured in Belgiums: Quintana Roo is about 1.43, Extremadura about 1.37.

How they differ

Quintana Roo also has the larger population: 1.9 million against 1.1 million, 1.76× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 42 in Quintana Roo against 25 in Extremadura: Quintana Roo is 1.69× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,970 km apart.
On a standard web map Extremadura looks larger than Quintana Roo: Quintana Roo at 20°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Extremadura at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Extremadura as 1.42× the size of Quintana Roo, when Quintana Roo is 1.04× the size of Extremadura.
Together Quintana Roo and Extremadura cover 86,000 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,770 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Extremadura's density, Quintana Roo would have 1.1 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Quintana Roo's density, Extremadura would have 1.8 million (it has 1.1 million).
Extremadura's centre is 19.5° of latitude, about 2,170 km, farther north than Quintana Roo's.
Quintana Roo is the 19th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Extremadura lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,170 km) north of Quintana Roo.
Shared out evenly, each person in Quintana Roo would have about 23,610 m² and each person in Extremadura about 39,990 m².
Laid side by side, Quintana Roo and Extremadura would cover 86,000 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

	Quintana Roo	Extremadura
Is a	StateMexico	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	43,900 km²16,900 mi²	42,100 km²16,300 mi²
Official area	44,700 km²Wikidata	41,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	19th of 32in Mexico	5th of 19in Spain
Population	1.9 millionWikidata, 2020	1.1 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	24th of 32in Mexico	13th of 19in Spain
Density	42 per km²	25 per km²
Capital	Chetumal	Mérida
Latitude range	18°N to 22°N	38°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 44,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 43,900 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Extremadura is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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