Austria is 1.16× the size of Baja California Sur

Austria (Europe) covers about 84,000 km² (32,400 mi²) and Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

84,000km²Austria
72,100km²Baja California Sur

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Austria
Baja California Sur

What fits

Baja California Sur is 86% of the size of Austria.
Austria is larger by 11,900 km² (4,580 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Baja California Sur.
Measured in Belgiums: Austria is about 2.74, Baja California Sur about 2.35.

How they differ

Austria also has the larger population: 9.0 million against 637,000, 14.1× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 107 in Austria against 8.8 in Baja California Sur: Austria is 12.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Austria at 48°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Baja California Sur at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Austria as 2.07× the size of Baja California Sur instead of 1.16×.
Together Austria and Baja California Sur cover 156,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 11,900 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
At Baja California Sur's density, Austria would have 742,000 people (it has 9.0 million). At Austria's density, Baja California Sur would have 7.7 million (it has 637,000).
Austria's centre is 21.7° of latitude, about 2,410 km, farther north than Baja California Sur's.
Austria ranks 116th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Baja California Sur is the 11th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
Austria lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,410 km) north of Baja California Sur.
Shared out evenly, each person in Austria would have about 9,350 m² and each person in Baja California Sur about 113,220 m².
Laid side by side, Austria and Baja California Sur would cover 156,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 9.6 million people, about as many people as Hungary.
Counted as a country, Baja California Sur would rank 119th by area and 167th by population.

Side by side

	Austria	Baja California Sur
Is a	CountryEurope	StateMexico
Area, measured	84,000 km²32,400 mi²	72,100 km²27,800 mi²
Official area	83,900 km²Wikidata	73,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	115th of 239worldwide	11th of 32in Mexico
Population	9.0 millionWikidata, 2022	637,000Wikidata, 2010
Rank by population	98th of 237worldwide	32nd of 32in Mexico
Density	107 per km²	8.8 per km²
Capital	Vienna	La Paz
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	23°N to 28°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2010. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 83,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 84,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 72,100 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 73,900 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 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

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