Baja California Sur is 1.01× the size of Sierra Leone

Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) covers about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²) and Sierra Leone (Africa) about 71,600 km² (27,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

72,100km²Baja California Sur
71,600km²Sierra Leone

100 km

Baja California Sur
Sierra Leone

What fits

Sierra Leone is 99% of the size of Baja California Sur.
Baja California Sur is larger by 515 km² (199 mi²), which is 0.7% of the area of Sierra Leone.
Measured in Belgiums: Baja California Sur is about 2.35, Sierra Leone about 2.33.

How they differ

Baja California Sur is larger, but Sierra Leone has the larger population: 7.6 million against 637,000, 11.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 106 in Sierra Leone against 8.8 in Baja California Sur: Sierra Leone is 11.9× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Baja California Sur at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Sierra Leone at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Baja California Sur as 1.22× the size of Sierra Leone instead of 1.01×.
Together Baja California Sur and Sierra Leone cover 144,000 km², close to the size of Suriname (145,000 km², 1.0% bigger).
At Sierra Leone's density, Baja California Sur would have 7.6 million people (it has 637,000). At Baja California Sur's density, Sierra Leone would have 632,000 (it has 7.6 million).
Baja California Sur's centre is 17.3° of latitude, about 1,930 km, farther north than Sierra Leone'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.
Sierra Leone ranks 120th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Baja California Sur lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,930 km) north of Sierra Leone.
Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California Sur would have about 113,220 m² and each person in Sierra Leone about 9,480 m².
Laid side by side, Baja California Sur and Sierra Leone would cover 144,000 km², about the same size as Suriname.
Together they have 8.2 million people, about as many people as Honduras.
Counted as a country, Baja California Sur would rank 119th by area and 167th by population.

Side by side

	Baja California Sur	Sierra Leone
Is a	StateMexico	CountryAfrica
Area, measured	72,100 km²27,800 mi²	71,600 km²27,600 mi²
Official area	73,900 km²Wikidata	71,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	11th of 32in Mexico	119th of 239worldwide
Population	637,000Wikidata, 2010	7.6 millionWikidata, 2017
Rank by population	32nd of 32in Mexico	102nd of 237worldwide
Density	8.8 per km²	106 per km²
Capital	La Paz	Freetown
Latitude range	23°N to 28°N	7°N to 10°N

Population: Wikidata 2010 and Wikidata 2017. 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 71,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,600 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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