Wisconsin is 5.57× the size of Guanajuato
Wisconsin (state of the United States) covers about 169,000 km² (65,400 mi²) and Guanajuato (state of Mexico) about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 169,000km²Wisconsin
- 30,400km²Guanajuato
100 km
- Wisconsin
- Guanajuato
What fits
- Guanajuato fits inside Wisconsin about 5.57 times by area.
- Wisconsin is larger by 139,000 km² (53,700 mi²), which is 457% of the area of Guanajuato.
- Measured in Belgiums: Wisconsin is about 5.52, Guanajuato about 0.99.
How they differ
- Wisconsin also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 5.9 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 35 in Wisconsin: Guanajuato is 5.53× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,840 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Wisconsin at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Guanajuato at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Wisconsin as 9.60× the size of Guanajuato instead of 5.57×.
- Together Wisconsin and Guanajuato cover 200,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 139,000 km², is about the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km²).
- At Guanajuato's density, Wisconsin would have 32.6 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Wisconsin's density, Guanajuato would have 1.1 million (it has 5.9 million).
- Wisconsin's centre is 23.7° of latitude, about 2,640 km, farther north than Guanajuato's.
- Wisconsin is the 22nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 28th most densely populated of them.
- Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Wisconsin lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,640 km) north of Guanajuato.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Wisconsin would have about 28,740 m² and each person in Guanajuato about 5,200 m².
- Laid side by side, Wisconsin and Guanajuato would cover 200,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
- Together they have 11.7 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
Side by side
| Wisconsin | Guanajuato | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 169,000 km²65,400 mi² | 30,400 km²11,700 mi² |
| Official area | 170,000 km²Wikidata | 30,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 22nd of 51in the United States | 22nd of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 20th of 51in the United States | 6th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 35 per km² | 192 per km² |
| Capital | Madison | Guanajuato |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 47°N | 20°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 170,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 169,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 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