Sinaloa is 3.74× the size of Schleswig-Holstein
Sinaloa (state of Mexico) covers about 57,700 km² (22,300 mi²) and Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 57,700km²Sinaloa
- 15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
100 km
- Sinaloa
- Schleswig-Holstein
What fits
- Schleswig-Holstein fits inside Sinaloa about 3.74 times by area.
- Sinaloa is larger by 42,300 km² (16,300 mi²), which is 274% of the area of Schleswig-Holstein.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sinaloa is about 1.88, Schleswig-Holstein about 0.50.
How they differ
- Sinaloa also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 3.0 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 51 in Sinaloa: Schleswig-Holstein is 3.72× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,370 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sinaloa at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Sinaloa as 1.56× the size of Schleswig-Holstein instead of 3.74×.
- Together Sinaloa and Schleswig-Holstein cover 73,200 km², close to the size of Panama (74,500 km², 1.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 42,300 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
- At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Sinaloa would have 11.0 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Sinaloa's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 793,000 (it has 3.0 million).
- Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 29.2° of latitude, about 3,240 km, farther north than Sinaloa's.
- Sinaloa is the 17th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- 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.
- Schleswig-Holstein lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,240 km) north of Sinaloa.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sinaloa would have about 19,450 m² and each person in Schleswig-Holstein about 5,230 m².
- Laid side by side, Sinaloa and Schleswig-Holstein would cover 73,200 km², about the same size as Panama.
- Together they have 5.9 million people, about as many people as Denmark.
Side by side
| Sinaloa | Schleswig-Holstein | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 57,700 km²22,300 mi² | 15,400 km²5,960 mi² |
| Official area | 57,400 km²Wikidata | 15,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 32in Mexico | 12th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2015 | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 15th of 32in Mexico | 9th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 51 per km² | 191 per km² |
| Capital | Culiacán | Kiel |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 27°N | 53°N to 55°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,700 km², to within 2%.
- 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.
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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