Tamaulipas is 1.03× the size of Serbia
Tamaulipas (state of Mexico) covers about 79,600 km² (30,700 mi²) and Serbia (Europe) about 77,600 km² (30,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 79,600km²Tamaulipas
- 77,600km²Serbia
100 km
- Tamaulipas
- Serbia
What fits
- Serbia is 98% of the size of Tamaulipas.
- Tamaulipas is larger by 1,950 km² (755 mi²), which is 2.5% of the area of Serbia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tamaulipas is about 2.59, Serbia about 2.53.
How they differ
- Tamaulipas is larger, but Serbia has the larger population: 6.6 million against 3.4 million, 1.92× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 85 in Serbia against 43 in Tamaulipas: Serbia is 1.97× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
- On a standard web map Serbia looks larger than Tamaulipas: Tamaulipas at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Serbia at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Serbia as 1.58× the size of Tamaulipas, when Tamaulipas is 1.03× the size of Serbia.
- Together Tamaulipas and Serbia cover 157,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,950 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Serbia's density, Tamaulipas would have 6.8 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Tamaulipas's density, Serbia would have 3.4 million (it has 6.6 million).
- Serbia's centre is 19.9° of latitude, about 2,220 km, farther north than Tamaulipas's.
- Tamaulipas is the 7th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
- Serbia ranks 118th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Serbia lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,220 km) north of Tamaulipas.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tamaulipas would have about 23,120 m² and each person in Serbia about 11,750 m².
- Laid side by side, Tamaulipas and Serbia would cover 157,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 10.0 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.
- Counted as a country, Tamaulipas would rank 116th by area and 135th by population.
Side by side
| Tamaulipas | Serbia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 79,600 km²30,700 mi² | 77,600 km²30,000 mi² |
| Official area | 80,200 km²Wikidata | 88,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 32in Mexico | 117th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2015 | 6.6 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 13th of 32in Mexico | 108th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 43 per km² | 85 per km² |
| Capital | Ciudad Victoria | Belgrade |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 28°N | 42°N to 46°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 80,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,600 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 77,600 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 88,500 km². The official figure includes Kosovo, which Natural Earth draws as a separate place; together they measure 88,500 km².
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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