Zacatecas is 2.94× the size of North Macedonia

What fits

• North Macedonia fits inside Zacatecas about 2.94 times by area.
• Zacatecas is larger by 49,300 km² (19,100 mi²), which is 194% of the area of North Macedonia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Zacatecas is about 2.44, North Macedonia about 0.83.

How they differ

• Zacatecas is larger, but North Macedonia has the larger population: 1.8 million against 1.7 million, 1.09× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 72 in North Macedonia against 23 in Zacatecas: North Macedonia is 3.20× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Zacatecas at 23°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and North Macedonia at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Zacatecas as 1.95× the size of North Macedonia instead of 2.94×.
• Together Zacatecas and North Macedonia cover 100,000 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 1.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 49,300 km², is about the size of Slovakia (48,500 km²).
• At North Macedonia's density, Zacatecas would have 5.4 million people (it has 1.7 million). At Zacatecas's density, North Macedonia would have 574,000 (it has 1.8 million).
• North Macedonia's centre is 18.3° of latitude, about 2,030 km, farther north than Zacatecas's.
• Zacatecas is the 8th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.8% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• North Macedonia ranks 149th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• North Macedonia lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,030 km) north of Zacatecas.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Zacatecas would have about 44,190 m² and each person in North Macedonia about 13,820 m².
• Laid side by side, Zacatecas and North Macedonia would cover 100,000 km², about the same size as South Korea.
• Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.
• Counted as a country, Zacatecas would rank 118th by area and 153rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 75,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 74,700 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 25,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,400 km², to within 2%.

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