Quintana Roo is 1.06× the size of Switzerland

Quintana Roo (state of Mexico) covers about 43,900 km² (16,900 mi²) and Switzerland (Europe) about 41,400 km² (16,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

43,900km²Quintana Roo
41,400km²Switzerland

100 km

Quintana Roo
Switzerland

What fits

Switzerland is 94% of the size of Quintana Roo.
Quintana Roo is larger by 2,440 km² (942 mi²), which is 5.9% of the area of Switzerland.
Measured in Belgiums: Quintana Roo is about 1.43, Switzerland about 1.35.

How they differ

Quintana Roo is larger, but Switzerland has the larger population: 9.1 million against 1.9 million, 4.90× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 220 in Switzerland against 42 in Quintana Roo: Switzerland is 5.19× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,890 km apart.
On a standard web map Switzerland looks larger than Quintana Roo: Quintana Roo at 20°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Switzerland at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Switzerland as 1.79× the size of Quintana Roo, when Quintana Roo is 1.06× the size of Switzerland.
Together Quintana Roo and Switzerland cover 85,300 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 1.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,440 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Switzerland's density, Quintana Roo would have 9.6 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Quintana Roo's density, Switzerland would have 1.8 million (it has 9.1 million).
Switzerland's centre is 27.1° of latitude, about 3,020 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.
Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Switzerland lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 3,020 km) north of Quintana Roo.
Shared out evenly, each person in Quintana Roo would have about 23,610 m² and each person in Switzerland about 4,550 m².
Laid side by side, Quintana Roo and Switzerland would cover 85,300 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
Together they have 11.0 million people, about as many people as Haiti.
Counted as a country, Quintana Roo would rank 133rd by area and 150th by population.

Side by side

	Quintana Roo	Switzerland
Is a	StateMexico	CountryEurope
Area, measured	43,900 km²16,900 mi²	41,400 km²16,000 mi²
Official area	44,700 km²Wikidata	41,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	19th of 32in Mexico	134th of 239worldwide
Population	1.9 millionWikidata, 2020	9.1 millionWikidata, 2025
Rank by population	24th of 32in Mexico	96th of 237worldwide
Density	42 per km²	220 per km²
Capital	Chetumal	Bern
Latitude range	18°N to 22°N	46°N to 48°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2025. 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 41,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 41,400 km², to within 2%.

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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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