Bihar is 1.03× the size of Oaxaca

Bihar (state of India) covers about 94,700 km² (36,600 mi²) and Oaxaca (state of Mexico) about 92,200 km² (35,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

94,700km²Bihar
92,200km²Oaxaca

100 km

Bihar
Oaxaca

What fits

Oaxaca is 97% of the size of Bihar.
Bihar is larger by 2,530 km² (978 mi²), which is 2.7% of the area of Oaxaca.
Measured in Belgiums: Bihar is about 3.09, Oaxaca about 3.00.

How they differ

Bihar also has the larger population: 103.8 million against 4.0 million, 26.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,096 in Bihar against 43 in Oaxaca: Bihar is 25.5× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,300 km apart.
Together Bihar and Oaxaca cover 187,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,530 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Oaxaca's density, Bihar would have 4.1 million people (it has 103.8 million). At Bihar's density, Oaxaca would have 101.0 million (it has 4.0 million).
Bihar's centre is 8.7° of latitude, about 970 km, farther north than Oaxaca's.
Bihar is the 12th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Oaxaca is the 5th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
Bihar lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 967 km) north of Oaxaca.
Shared out evenly, each person in Bihar would have about 910 m² and each person in Oaxaca about 23,230 m².
Laid side by side, Bihar and Oaxaca would cover 187,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
Together they have 107.8 million people, about as many people as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Side by side

	Bihar	Oaxaca
Is a	StateIndia	StateMexico
Area, measured	94,700 km²36,600 mi²	92,200 km²35,600 mi²
Official area	94,200 km²Wikidata	93,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 36in India	5th of 32in Mexico
Population	103.8 millionWikidata, 2011	4.0 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	3rd of 36in India	10th of 32in Mexico
Density	1,096 per km²	43 per km²
Capital	Patna	Oaxaca de Juárez
Latitude range	24°N to 28°N	16°N to 19°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 93,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 92,200 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

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