West Virginia is 1.43× the size of Quintana Roo

West Virginia (state of the United States) covers about 62,700 km² (24,200 mi²) and Quintana Roo (state of Mexico) about 43,900 km² (16,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

62,700km²West Virginia
43,900km²Quintana Roo

100 km

West Virginia
Quintana Roo

What fits

Quintana Roo is 70% of the size of West Virginia.
West Virginia is larger by 18,900 km² (7,280 mi²), which is 43% of the area of Quintana Roo.
Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Quintana Roo about 1.43.

How they differ

West Virginia is larger, but Quintana Roo has the larger population: 1.9 million against 1.8 million, 1.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 42 in Quintana Roo against 29 in West Virginia: Quintana Roo is 1.48× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,230 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: West Virginia at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Quintana Roo at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows West Virginia as 2.08× the size of Quintana Roo instead of 1.43×.
Together West Virginia and Quintana Roo cover 107,000 km², close to the size of Guatemala (109,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 18,900 km², is about the size of Fiji (18,900 km²).
At Quintana Roo's density, West Virginia would have 2.7 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Quintana Roo would have 1.3 million (it has 1.9 million).
West Virginia's centre is 19.0° of latitude, about 2,110 km, farther north than Quintana Roo's.
West Virginia is the 41st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Quintana Roo is the 19th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
West Virginia lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,110 km) north of Quintana Roo.
Shared out evenly, each person in West Virginia would have about 34,980 m² and each person in Quintana Roo about 23,610 m².
Laid side by side, West Virginia and Quintana Roo would cover 107,000 km², about the same size as Guatemala.
Together they have 3.7 million people, 1.04× as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

	West Virginia	Quintana Roo
Is a	StateUnited States	StateMexico
Area, measured	62,700 km²24,200 mi²	43,900 km²16,900 mi²
Official area	62,800 km²Wikidata	44,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	41st of 51in the United States	19th of 32in Mexico
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020	1.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	39th of 51in the United States	24th of 32in Mexico
Density	29 per km²	42 per km²
Capital	Charleston	Chetumal
Latitude range	37°N to 41°N	18°N to 22°N

Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 62,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 62,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 44,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 43,900 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

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