Baja California Sur is 1.04× the size of Ireland

Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) covers about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²) and Ireland (Europe) about 69,400 km² (26,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

72,100km²Baja California Sur
69,400km²Ireland

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Baja California Sur
Ireland

What fits

Ireland is 96% of the size of Baja California Sur.
Baja California Sur is larger by 2,680 km² (1,040 mi²), which is 3.9% of the area of Ireland.
Measured in Belgiums: Baja California Sur is about 2.35, Ireland about 2.26.

How they differ

Baja California Sur is larger, but Ireland has the larger population: 5.1 million against 637,000, 8.08× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 74 in Ireland against 8.8 in Baja California Sur: Ireland is 8.40× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,590 km apart.
On a standard web map Ireland looks larger than Baja California Sur: Baja California Sur at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Ireland at 53°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Ireland as 2.17× the size of Baja California Sur, when Baja California Sur is 1.04× the size of Ireland.
Together Baja California Sur and Ireland cover 142,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,680 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Ireland's density, Baja California Sur would have 5.3 million people (it has 637,000). At Baja California Sur's density, Ireland would have 613,000 (it has 5.1 million).
Ireland's centre is 27.3° of latitude, about 3,030 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.
Ireland ranks 123rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
Ireland lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 3,030 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 Ireland about 13,490 m².
Laid side by side, Baja California Sur and Ireland would cover 142,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 5.8 million people, about as many people as Denmark.
Counted as a country, Baja California Sur would rank 119th by area and 167th by population.

Side by side

	Baja California Sur	Ireland
Is a	StateMexico	CountryEurope
Area, measured	72,100 km²27,800 mi²	69,400 km²26,800 mi²
Official area	73,900 km²Wikidata	69,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	11th of 32in Mexico	122nd of 239worldwide
Population	637,000Wikidata, 2010	5.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	32nd of 32in Mexico	123rd of 237worldwide
Density	8.8 per km²	74 per km²
Capital	La Paz	Dublin
Latitude range	23°N to 28°N	51°N to 55°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 69,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 69,400 km², to within 2%.

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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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