Tamil Nadu is 1.08× the size of Durango
Tamil Nadu (state of India) covers about 131,000 km² (50,500 mi²) and Durango (state of Mexico) about 121,000 km² (46,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 131,000km²Tamil Nadu
- 121,000km²Durango
100 km
- Tamil Nadu
- Durango
What fits
- Durango is 93% of the size of Tamil Nadu.
- Tamil Nadu is larger by 9,660 km² (3,730 mi²), which is 8.0% of the area of Durango.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tamil Nadu is about 4.26, Durango about 3.95.
How they differ
- Tamil Nadu also has the larger population: 72.1 million against 1.8 million, 41.1× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 552 in Tamil Nadu against 14 in Durango: Tamil Nadu is 38.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,000 km apart.
- On a standard web map Durango looks larger than Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu at 11°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Durango at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Durango as 1.09× the size of Tamil Nadu, when Tamil Nadu is 1.08× the size of Durango.
- Together Tamil Nadu and Durango cover 252,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 9,660 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Durango's density, Tamil Nadu would have 1.9 million people (it has 72.1 million). At Tamil Nadu's density, Durango would have 66.8 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Durango's centre is 13.9° of latitude, about 1,550 km, farther north than Tamil Nadu's.
- Tamil Nadu is the 10th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Durango is the 4th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 6.2% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Durango lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,550 km) north of Tamil Nadu.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tamil Nadu would have about 1,810 m² and each person in Durango about 68,970 m².
- Laid side by side, Tamil Nadu and Durango would cover 252,000 km², about the same size as Ecuador.
- Together they have 73.9 million people, 1.08× as many people as France.
Side by side
| Tamil Nadu | Durango | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 131,000 km²50,500 mi² | 121,000 km²46,700 mi² |
| Official area | 130,000 km²Wikidata | 123,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 10th of 36in India | 4th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 72.1 millionWikidata, 2011 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 6th of 36in India | 25th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 552 per km² | 14 per km² |
| Capital | Chennai | Victoria de Durango |
| Latitude range | 8°N to 14°N | 22°N to 27°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 130,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 123,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 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