Baja California is 1.02× the size of Sierra Leone
Baja California (state of Mexico) covers about 72,900 km² (28,100 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.
- 72,900km²Baja California
- 71,600km²Sierra Leone
100 km
- Baja California
- Sierra Leone
What fits
- Sierra Leone is 98% of the size of Baja California.
- Baja California is larger by 1,300 km² (500 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Sierra Leone.
- Measured in Belgiums: Baja California is about 2.38, Sierra Leone about 2.33.
How they differ
- Baja California is larger, but Sierra Leone has the larger population: 7.6 million against 3.3 million, 2.28× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 106 in Sierra Leone against 45 in Baja California: Sierra Leone is 2.32× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Baja California at 31°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Sierra Leone at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Baja California as 1.34× the size of Sierra Leone instead of 1.02×.
- Together Baja California and Sierra Leone cover 145,000 km², close to the size of Suriname (145,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,300 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Sierra Leone's density, Baja California would have 7.7 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Baja California's density, Sierra Leone would have 3.3 million (it has 7.6 million).
- Baja California's centre is 22.0° of latitude, about 2,440 km, farther north than Sierra Leone'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.
- Sierra Leone ranks 120th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Baja California lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,440 km) north of Sierra Leone.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California would have about 21,990 m² and each person in Sierra Leone about 9,480 m².
- Laid side by side, Baja California and Sierra Leone would cover 145,000 km², about the same size as Suriname.
- Together they have 10.9 million people, about as many people as Czechia.
- Counted as a country, Baja California would rank 119th by area and 136th by population.
Side by side
| Baja California | Sierra Leone | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 72,900 km²28,100 mi² | 71,600 km²27,600 mi² |
| Official area | 71,500 km²Wikidata | 71,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 10th of 32in Mexico | 119th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2015 | 7.6 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Rank by population | 14th of 32in Mexico | 102nd of 237worldwide |
| Density | 45 per km² | 106 per km² |
| Capital | Mexicali | Freetown |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 33°N | 7°N to 10°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2017. 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 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