Victoria is 1.27× the size of Sonora
Victoria (state of Australia) covers about 228,000 km² (88,000 mi²) and Sonora (state of Mexico) about 179,000 km² (69,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 228,000km²Victoria
- 179,000km²Sonora
200 km
- Victoria
- Sonora
What fits
- Sonora is 79% of the size of Victoria.
- Victoria is larger by 48,800 km² (18,800 mi²), which is 27% of the area of Sonora.
- Measured in Belgiums: Victoria is about 7.43, Sonora about 5.84.
How they differ
- Victoria also has the larger population: 7.0 million against 2.9 million, 2.46× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 31 in Victoria against 16 in Sonora: Victoria is 1.93× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,200 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Victoria at 37°S is drawn about 1.6× too large and Sonora at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Victoria as 1.50× the size of Sonora instead of 1.27×.
- Together Victoria and Sonora cover 407,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 48,800 km², is about the size of Slovakia (48,500 km²).
- At Sonora's density, Victoria would have 3.6 million people (it has 7.0 million). At Victoria's density, Sonora would have 5.5 million (it has 2.9 million).
- Sonora's centre is 66.5° of latitude, about 7,400 km, farther north than Victoria's.
- Victoria is the 6th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- 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.
- Sonora lies about 67° of latitude (roughly 7,400 km) north of Victoria, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Victoria would have about 32,510 m² and each person in Sonora about 62,860 m².
- Laid side by side, Victoria and Sonora would cover 407,000 km², about the same size as Paraguay.
- Together they have 9.9 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.
Side by side
| Victoria | Sonora | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateAustralia | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 228,000 km²88,000 mi² | 179,000 km²69,200 mi² |
| Official area | 227,000 km²Wikidata | 180,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 8in Australia | 2nd of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2024 | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 8in Australia | 18th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 31 per km² | 16 per km² |
| Capital | Melbourne | Hermosillo |
| Latitude range | 39°S to 34°S | 26°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 227,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 228,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 180,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 179,000 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