Baja California Sur is 1.01× the size of United Arab Emirates

Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) covers about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²) and United Arab Emirates (Asia) about 71,100 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

72,100km²Baja California Sur
71,100km²United Arab Emirates

100 km

Baja California Sur
United Arab Emirates

What fits

United Arab Emirates is 99% of the size of Baja California Sur.
Baja California Sur is larger by 1,040 km² (402 mi²), which is 1.5% of the area of United Arab Emirates.
Measured in Belgiums: Baja California Sur is about 2.35, United Arab Emirates about 2.32.

How they differ

Baja California Sur is larger, but United Arab Emirates has the larger population: 9.9 million against 637,000, 15.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 139 in United Arab Emirates against 8.8 in Baja California Sur: United Arab Emirates is 15.8× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,300 km apart.
Together Baja California Sur and United Arab Emirates cover 143,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,040 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At United Arab Emirates's density, Baja California Sur would have 10.0 million people (it has 637,000). At Baja California Sur's density, United Arab Emirates would have 628,000 (it has 9.9 million).
Baja California Sur's centre is 2.0° of latitude, about 220 km, farther north than United Arab Emirates'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.
United Arab Emirates ranks 121st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Baja California Sur lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 223 km) north of United Arab Emirates.
Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California Sur would have about 113,220 m² and each person in United Arab Emirates about 7,190 m².
Laid side by side, Baja California Sur and United Arab Emirates would cover 143,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 10.5 million people, about as many people as Greece.
Counted as a country, Baja California Sur would rank 119th by area and 167th by population.

Side by side

	Baja California Sur	United Arab Emirates
Is a	StateMexico	CountryAsia
Area, measured	72,100 km²27,800 mi²	71,100 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	73,900 km²Wikidata	83,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	11th of 32in Mexico	120th of 239worldwide
Population	637,000Wikidata, 2010	9.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	32nd of 32in Mexico	92nd of 237worldwide
Density	8.8 per km²	139 per km²
Capital	La Paz	Abu Dhabi
Latitude range	23°N to 28°N	23°N to 26°N

Population: Wikidata 2010 and Wikidata 2020. 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.
Our measured 71,100 km² is 15% below Wikidata's official figure of 83,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

Similar in size to Baja California Sur

Similar in size to United Arab Emirates

More comparisons

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

Full method