State of Mexico
Quintana Roo
Quintana Roo is a state of Mexico. It covers about 43,900 km² (16,900 mi²), the 19th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Denmark. About 1.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 43,900 km²16,900 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 44,700 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 2.2%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 19th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2020 · the only figure Wikidata has; most units carry 2015 |
| Density | 42 people per km² |
| Capital | Chetumal |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 22°N |
| Type | StateMX-ROO |
What the numbers say about Quintana Roo
- Quintana Roo covers 2.2% of the area of Mexico and ranks 24th of 32 by population, against 19th by area.
- It would take 44.6 states the size of Quintana Roo to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 5.65× the size of Quintana Roo; the smallest, Mexico City, is 3.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Yucatán (38,400 km², 1.14×) and Puebla (34,600 km², 1.27×).
- Counted as a country, Quintana Roo would be larger than 107 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 133rd by area, between Estonia (45,800 km²) and Denmark (42,700 km²).
- With 1.9 million people it would rank 150th of 238 by population.
- Quintana Roo has 42 people per km², about the density of Belarus, which has 44 per km².
- That makes Quintana Roo the 24th most densely populated of the 32 states, 69% of the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Wikidata holds no 2015 figure for Quintana Roo; the 2020 figure is the only one it has, so Quintana Roo is not counted the same way as the 24 states that carry 2015.
- Quintana Roo lies at 20°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Quintana Roo stretches about 415 km north to south and 280 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 44,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 43,900 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaNingxia84% · 52,100 km²PeopleTibet51% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaWest Virginia70% · 62,700 km²PeopleIdaho1.01× · 1.8 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaHaryana1.00× · 43,900 km²PeopleNagaland0.94× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaLower Saxony0.92× · 47,600 km²PeopleHamburg0.98× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBourgogne-Franche-Comté0.91× · 48,000 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire72% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.70× · 25,900 km²PeopleCalabria0.95× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaExtremadura1.04× · 42,100 km²PeopleCastilla–La Mancha89% · 2.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)56% · 78,800 km²PeopleOkayama0.99× · 1.9 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaRio de Janeiro1.00× · 44,000 km²PeopleRondônia1.18× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia80% · 55,100 km²PeopleManitoba1.38× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)64% · 68,100 km²PeopleSouth Australia0.98× · 1.9 million (2024)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.93× · 22,800 km²PeopleUbon Ratchathani1.00× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where Quintana Roo sits in Mexico
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Ranked within Mexico
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020. Mexico’s units share the 2015 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12