Schleswig-Holstein is 1.32× the size of Querétaro

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Querétaro (state of Mexico) about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
11,700km²Querétaro

50 km

Schleswig-Holstein
Querétaro

What fits

Querétaro is 76% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 3,740 km² (1,440 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Querétaro.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Querétaro about 0.38.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 2.0 million, 1.45× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 174 in Querétaro: Schleswig-Holstein is 1.10× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,340 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Querétaro at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 3.37× the size of Querétaro instead of 1.32×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Querétaro cover 27,100 km², close to the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,740 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Querétaro's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 2.7 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Querétaro would have 2.2 million (it has 2.0 million).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 33.4° of latitude, about 3,710 km, farther north than Querétaro's.
Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
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.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,710 km) north of Querétaro.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Querétaro about 5,740 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Querétaro would cover 27,100 km², about the same size as the Solomon Islands.
Together they have 5.0 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Querétaro
Is a	StateGermany	StateMexico
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	11,700 km²4,520 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	11,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	27th of 32in Mexico
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	2.0 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	22nd of 32in Mexico
Density	191 per km²	174 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Santiago de Querétaro
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	20°N to 22°N

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

Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 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

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