Romania is 10.8× the size of State of Mexico

Romania (Europe) covers about 236,000 km² (91,300 mi²) and State of Mexico (state of Mexico) about 21,800 km² (8,430 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

236,000km²Romania
21,800km²State of Mexico

200 km

Romania
State of Mexico

What fits

State of Mexico fits inside Romania about 10.8 times by area.
Romania is larger by 215,000 km² (82,800 mi²), which is 983% of the area of State of Mexico.
Measured in Belgiums: Romania is about 7.71, State of Mexico about 0.71.

How they differ

Romania also has the larger population: 19.1 million against 16.2 million, 1.18× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 742 in State of Mexico against 81 in Romania: State of Mexico is 9.20× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Romania at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and State of Mexico at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Romania as 19.9× the size of State of Mexico instead of 10.8×.
Together Romania and State of Mexico cover 258,000 km², close to the size of Gabon (260,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 215,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
At State of Mexico's density, Romania would have 175.3 million people (it has 19.1 million). At Romania's density, State of Mexico would have 1.8 million (it has 16.2 million).
Romania's centre is 26.5° of latitude, about 2,950 km, farther north than State of Mexico's.
Romania ranks 83rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
State of Mexico is the 25th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
Romania lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,950 km) north of State of Mexico.
Shared out evenly, each person in Romania would have about 12,410 m² and each person in State of Mexico about 1,350 m².
Laid side by side, Romania and State of Mexico would cover 258,000 km², about the same size as Gabon.
Together they have 35.2 million people, about as many people as Uzbekistan.
Counted as a country, State of Mexico would rank 153rd by area and 74th by population.

Side by side

	Romania	State of Mexico
Is a	CountryEurope	StateMexico
Area, measured	236,000 km²91,300 mi²	21,800 km²8,430 mi²
Official area	238,000 km²Wikidata	22,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	82nd of 239worldwide	25th of 32in Mexico
Population	19.1 millionWikidata, 2022	16.2 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	66th of 237worldwide	1st of 32in Mexico
Density	81 per km²	742 per km²
Capital	Bucharest	Toluca de Lerdo
Latitude range	44°N to 48°N	18°N to 20°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 238,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 236,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 21,800 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,400 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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