Yucatán is 1.03× the size of Netherlands
Yucatán (state of Mexico) covers about 38,400 km² (14,800 mi²) and Netherlands (Europe) about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 38,400km²Yucatán
- 37,100km²Netherlands
50 km
- Yucatán
- Netherlands
What fits
- Netherlands is 97% of the size of Yucatán.
- Yucatán is larger by 1,280 km² (495 mi²), which is 3.5% of the area of Netherlands.
- Measured in Belgiums: Yucatán is about 1.25, Netherlands about 1.21.
How they differ
- Yucatán is larger, but Netherlands has the larger population: 17.9 million against 2.3 million, 7.73× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 60 in Yucatán: Netherlands is 7.94× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,490 km apart.
- On a standard web map Netherlands looks larger than Yucatán: Yucatán at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Netherlands at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Netherlands as 2.26× the size of Yucatán, when Yucatán is 1.03× the size of Netherlands.
- Together Yucatán and Netherlands cover 75,500 km², close to the size of Panama (74,500 km², 1.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,280 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Netherlands's density, Yucatán would have 18.4 million people (it has 2.3 million). At Yucatán's density, Netherlands would have 2.3 million (it has 17.9 million).
- Netherlands's centre is 31.5° of latitude, about 3,500 km, farther north than Yucatán's.
- Yucatán is the 20th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Netherlands lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,500 km) north of Yucatán.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Yucatán would have about 16,540 m² and each person in Netherlands about 2,080 m².
- Laid side by side, Yucatán and Netherlands would cover 75,500 km², about the same size as Panama.
- Together they have 20.3 million people, about as many people as Kazakhstan.
- Counted as a country, Yucatán would rank 136th by area and 146th by population.
Side by side
| Yucatán | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 38,400 km²14,800 mi² | 37,100 km²14,300 mi² |
| Official area | 39,600 km²Wikidata | 37,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 32in Mexico | 136th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 2.3 millionWikidata, 2020 | 17.9 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 21st of 32in Mexico | 67th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 60 per km² | 480 per km² |
| Capital | Mérida | Amsterdam |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 22°N | 51°N to 54°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 38,400 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 39,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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