Andalusia is 1.02× the size of West Bengal
Andalusia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 87,700 km² (33,900 mi²) and West Bengal (state of India) about 86,400 km² (33,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 87,700km²Andalusia
- 86,400km²West Bengal
100 km
- Andalusia
- West Bengal
What fits
- West Bengal is 98% of the size of Andalusia.
- Andalusia is larger by 1,330 km² (515 mi²), which is 1.5% of the area of West Bengal.
- Measured in Belgiums: Andalusia is about 2.86, West Bengal about 2.82.
How they differ
- Andalusia is larger, but West Bengal has the larger population: 91.3 million against 8.6 million, 10.6× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,057 in West Bengal against 98 in Andalusia: West Bengal is 10.8× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,640 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Andalusia at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and West Bengal at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Andalusia as 1.35× the size of West Bengal instead of 1.02×.
- Together Andalusia and West Bengal cover 174,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 1.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,330 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At West Bengal's density, Andalusia would have 92.7 million people (it has 8.6 million). At Andalusia's density, West Bengal would have 8.5 million (it has 91.3 million).
- Andalusia's centre is 13.7° of latitude, about 1,520 km, farther north than West Bengal's.
- Andalusia is the 2nd largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 17% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- West Bengal is the 13th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.7% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Andalusia lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,520 km) north of West Bengal.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Andalusia would have about 10,170 m² and each person in West Bengal about 950 m².
- Laid side by side, Andalusia and West Bengal would cover 174,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
- Together they have 99.9 million people, 1.04× as many people as Vietnam.
Side by side
| Andalusia | West Bengal | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 87,700 km²33,900 mi² | 86,400 km²33,300 mi² |
| Official area | 87,300 km²Wikidata | 88,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 19in Spain | 13th of 36in India |
| Population | 8.6 millionWikidata, 2024 | 91.3 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 19in Spain | 4th of 36in India |
| Density | 98 per km² | 1,057 per km² |
| Capital | Seville | Kolkata |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 39°N | 22°N to 27°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 87,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 87,700 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 86,400 km² is 2.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 88,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Andalusia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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