Sonora is 2.76× the size of Lithuania
Sonora (state of Mexico) covers about 179,000 km² (69,200 mi²) and Lithuania (Europe) about 64,900 km² (25,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 179,000km²Sonora
- 64,900km²Lithuania
200 km
- Sonora
- Lithuania
What fits
- Lithuania fits inside Sonora about 2.76 times by area.
- Sonora is larger by 114,000 km² (44,100 mi²), which is 176% of the area of Lithuania.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sonora is about 5.84, Lithuania about 2.12.
How they differ
- Sonora is larger, but Lithuania has the larger population: 2.9 million against 2.9 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 44 in Lithuania against 16 in Sonora: Lithuania is 2.77× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,630 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sonora at 30°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Lithuania at 55°N about 3.1×, so the map shows Sonora as 1.18× the size of Lithuania instead of 2.76×.
- Together Sonora and Lithuania cover 244,000 km², close to the size of Guinea (244,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 114,000 km², is about the size of Bulgaria (113,000 km²).
- At Lithuania's density, Sonora would have 7.9 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Sonora's density, Lithuania would have 1.0 million (it has 2.9 million).
- Lithuania's centre is 25.6° of latitude, about 2,850 km, farther north than Sonora's.
- Sonora is the 2nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 9.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Lithuania ranks 125th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Lithuania lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,850 km) north of Sonora.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sonora would have about 62,860 m² and each person in Lithuania about 22,710 m².
- Laid side by side, Sonora and Lithuania would cover 244,000 km², about the same size as Guinea.
- Together they have 5.7 million people, about as many people as Finland.
- Counted as a country, Sonora would rank 90th by area and 139th by population.
Side by side
| Sonora | Lithuania | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 179,000 km²69,200 mi² | 64,900 km²25,100 mi² |
| Official area | 180,000 km²Wikidata | 65,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 32in Mexico | 124th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2015 | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 18th of 32in Mexico | 138th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 16 per km² | 44 per km² |
| Capital | Hermosillo | Vilnius |
| Latitude range | 26°N to 32°N | 54°N to 56°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 180,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 179,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 65,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 64,900 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