San Luis Potosí is 5.82× the size of Jamaica
San Luis Potosí (state of Mexico) covers about 64,200 km² (24,800 mi²) and Jamaica (North America) about 11,000 km² (4,260 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 64,200km²San Luis Potosí
- 11,000km²Jamaica
100 km
- San Luis Potosí
- Jamaica
What fits
- Jamaica fits inside San Luis Potosí about 5.82 times by area.
- San Luis Potosí is larger by 53,200 km² (20,500 mi²), which is 482% of the area of Jamaica.
- Measured in Belgiums: San Luis Potosí is about 2.09, Jamaica about 0.36.
How they differ
- San Luis Potosí also has the larger population: 2.7 million against 2.7 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 245 in Jamaica against 42 in San Luis Potosí: Jamaica is 5.78× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,460 km apart.
- Together San Luis Potosí and Jamaica cover 75,200 km², close to the size of Panama (74,500 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 53,200 km², is about the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km²).
- At Jamaica's density, San Luis Potosí would have 15.7 million people (it has 2.7 million). At San Luis Potosí's density, Jamaica would have 467,000 (it has 2.7 million).
- San Luis Potosí's centre is 4.4° of latitude, about 490 km, farther north than Jamaica's.
- San Luis Potosí is the 15th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- Jamaica ranks 166th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- San Luis Potosí lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 494 km) north of Jamaica.
- Shared out evenly, each person in San Luis Potosí would have about 23,620 m² and each person in Jamaica about 4,090 m².
- Laid side by side, San Luis Potosí and Jamaica would cover 75,200 km², about the same size as Panama.
- Together they have 5.4 million people, about as many people as Slovakia.
- Counted as a country, San Luis Potosí would rank 126th by area and 140th by population.
Side by side
| San Luis Potosí | Jamaica | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | CountryNorth America |
| Area, measured | 64,200 km²24,800 mi² | 11,000 km²4,260 mi² |
| Official area | 61,000 km²Wikidata | 11,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 15th of 32in Mexico | 165th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 2.7 millionWikidata, 2015 | 2.7 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 32in Mexico | 140th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 42 per km² | 245 per km² |
| Capital | San Luis Potosí | Kingston |
| Latitude range | 21°N to 25°N | 18°N to 19°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 64,200 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 61,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,000 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