Austria is 1.15× the size of Baja California
Austria (Europe) covers about 84,000 km² (32,400 mi²) and Baja California (state of Mexico) about 72,900 km² (28,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 84,000km²Austria
- 72,900km²Baja California
100 km
- Austria
- Baja California
What fits
- Baja California is 87% of the size of Austria.
- Austria is larger by 11,100 km² (4,280 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Baja California.
- Measured in Belgiums: Austria is about 2.74, Baja California about 2.38.
How they differ
- Austria also has the larger population: 9.0 million against 3.3 million, 2.71× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 107 in Austria against 45 in Baja California: Austria is 2.35× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,960 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Austria at 48°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Baja California at 31°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Austria as 1.88× the size of Baja California instead of 1.15×.
- Together Austria and Baja California cover 157,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 11,100 km², is about the size of Jamaica (11,000 km²).
- At Baja California's density, Austria would have 3.8 million people (it has 9.0 million). At Austria's density, Baja California would have 7.8 million (it has 3.3 million).
- Austria's centre is 17.1° of latitude, about 1,900 km, farther north than Baja California's.
- Austria ranks 116th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Baja California is the 10th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Austria lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,900 km) north of Baja California.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Austria would have about 9,350 m² and each person in Baja California about 21,990 m².
- Laid side by side, Austria and Baja California would cover 157,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 12.3 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
- Counted as a country, Baja California would rank 119th by area and 136th by population.
Side by side
| Austria | Baja California | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 84,000 km²32,400 mi² | 72,900 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 83,900 km²Wikidata | 71,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 115th of 239worldwide | 10th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 9.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 98th of 237worldwide | 14th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 107 per km² | 45 per km² |
| Capital | Vienna | Mexicali |
| Latitude range | 46°N to 49°N | 28°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. 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 72,900 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 71,500 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