Tokyo is 1.59× the size of Mexico City

What fits

• Mexico City is 63% of the size of Tokyo.
• Tokyo is larger by 808 km² (312 mi²), which is 59% of the area of Mexico City.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tokyo is about 0.07, Mexico City about 0.04.

How they differ

• Tokyo also has the larger population: 14.3 million against 8.9 million, 1.60× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 6,534 in Tokyo against 6,486 in Mexico City: Tokyo is 1.01× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tokyo at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Mexico City at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Tokyo as 2.11× the size of Mexico City instead of 1.59×.
• Together Tokyo and Mexico City cover 3,560 km², close to the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km², 6.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 808 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
• At Mexico City's density, Tokyo would have 14.2 million people (it has 14.3 million). At Tokyo's density, Mexico City would have 9.0 million (it has 8.9 million).
• Tokyo's centre is 15.7° of latitude, about 1,750 km, farther north than Mexico City's.
• Tokyo is the 44th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Mexico City is the 32nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Tokyo lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,750 km) north of Mexico City.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tokyo would have about 150 m² and each person in Mexico City about 150 m².
• Laid side by side, Tokyo and Mexico City would cover 3,560 km², 91% of the size of Cape Verde.
• Together they have 23.2 million people, about as many people as Burkina Faso.
• Tokyo is drawn from 173 points and Mexico City is drawn from 42 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,180 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 1,380 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,490 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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