Baja California is 1.04× the size of Bavaria
Baja California (state of Mexico) covers about 72,900 km² (28,100 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.
- 72,900km²Baja California
- 70,000km²Bavaria
100 km
- Baja California
- Bavaria
What fits
- Bavaria is 96% of the size of Baja California.
- Baja California is larger by 2,880 km² (1,110 mi²), which is 4.1% of the area of Bavaria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Baja California is about 2.38, Bavaria about 2.28.
How they differ
- Baja California is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 3.3 million, 3.93× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 45 in Baja California: Bavaria is 4.09× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,710 km apart.
- On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Baja California: Baja California at 31°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.65× the size of Baja California, when Baja California is 1.04× the size of Bavaria.
- Together Baja California and Bavaria cover 143,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,880 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
- At Bavaria's density, Baja California would have 13.6 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Baja California's density, Bavaria would have 3.2 million (it has 13.0 million).
- Bavaria's centre is 18.4° of latitude, about 2,050 km, farther north than Baja California's.
- 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.
- 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 18° of latitude (roughly 2,050 km) north of Baja California.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California would have about 21,990 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
- Laid side by side, Baja California and Bavaria would cover 143,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
- Together they have 16.4 million people, 97% as many people as Senegal.
Side by side
| Baja California | Bavaria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 72,900 km²28,100 mi² | 70,000 km²27,000 mi² |
| Official area | 71,500 km²Wikidata | 70,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 10th of 32in Mexico | 1st of 16in Germany |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2015 | 13.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 14th of 32in Mexico | 2nd of 16in Germany |
| Density | 45 per km² | 186 per km² |
| Capital | Mexicali | Munich |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 33°N | 47°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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.
- 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