Baja California Sur is 1.03× the size of Bavaria

Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) covers about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²) and Bavaria (state of Germany) about 70,000 km² (27,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

72,100km²Baja California Sur
70,000km²Bavaria

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Baja California Sur
Bavaria

What fits

Bavaria is 97% of the size of Baja California Sur.
Baja California Sur is larger by 2,100 km² (812 mi²), which is 3.0% of the area of Bavaria.
Measured in Belgiums: Baja California Sur is about 2.35, Bavaria about 2.28.

How they differ

Baja California Sur is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 637,000, 20.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 8.8 in Baja California Sur: Bavaria is 21.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,980 km apart.
On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Baja California Sur: Baja California Sur at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.82× the size of Baja California Sur, when Baja California Sur is 1.03× the size of Bavaria.
Together Baja California Sur and Bavaria cover 142,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,100 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Bavaria's density, Baja California Sur would have 13.4 million people (it has 637,000). At Baja California Sur's density, Bavaria would have 618,000 (it has 13.0 million).
Bavaria's centre is 23.0° of latitude, about 2,560 km, farther north than Baja California Sur's.
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.
Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Bavaria lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,560 km) north of Baja California Sur.
Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California Sur would have about 113,220 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
Laid side by side, Baja California Sur and Bavaria would cover 142,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 13.7 million people, about as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

	Baja California Sur	Bavaria
Is a	StateMexico	StateGermany
Area, measured	72,100 km²27,800 mi²	70,000 km²27,000 mi²
Official area	73,900 km²Wikidata	70,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	11th of 32in Mexico	1st of 16in Germany
Population	637,000Wikidata, 2010	13.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	32nd of 32in Mexico	2nd of 16in Germany
Density	8.8 per km²	186 per km²
Capital	La Paz	Munich
Latitude range	23°N to 28°N	47°N to 51°N

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

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.
Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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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