Castilla–La Mancha is 1.08× the size of Chiapas

Castilla–La Mancha (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 79,400 km² (30,700 mi²) and Chiapas (state of Mexico) about 73,400 km² (28,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

79,400km²Castilla–La Mancha
73,400km²Chiapas

100 km

Castilla–La Mancha
Chiapas

What fits

Chiapas is 92% of the size of Castilla–La Mancha.
Castilla–La Mancha is larger by 6,020 km² (2,330 mi²), which is 8.2% of the area of Chiapas.
Measured in Belgiums: Castilla–La Mancha is about 2.59, Chiapas about 2.39.

How they differ

Castilla–La Mancha is larger, but Chiapas has the larger population: 5.2 million against 2.1 million, 2.49× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 71 in Chiapas against 26 in Castilla–La Mancha: Chiapas is 2.69× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Castilla–La Mancha at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Chiapas at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Castilla–La Mancha as 1.67× the size of Chiapas instead of 1.08×.
Together Castilla–La Mancha and Chiapas cover 153,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,020 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Chiapas's density, Castilla–La Mancha would have 5.6 million people (it has 2.1 million). At Castilla–La Mancha's density, Chiapas would have 1.9 million (it has 5.2 million).
Castilla–La Mancha's centre is 23.1° of latitude, about 2,570 km, farther north than Chiapas's.
Castilla–La Mancha is the 3rd largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 16% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
Chiapas is the 9th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Castilla–La Mancha lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,570 km) north of Chiapas.
Shared out evenly, each person in Castilla–La Mancha would have about 37,830 m² and each person in Chiapas about 14,060 m².
Laid side by side, Castilla–La Mancha and Chiapas would cover 153,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 7.3 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.

Side by side

	Castilla–La Mancha	Chiapas
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateMexico
Area, measured	79,400 km²30,700 mi²	73,400 km²28,300 mi²
Official area	79,500 km²Wikidata	73,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	3rd of 19in Spain	9th of 32in Mexico
Population	2.1 millionWikidata, 2024	5.2 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	9th of 19in Spain	7th of 32in Mexico
Density	26 per km²	71 per km²
Capital	Toledo	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	15°N to 18°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 79,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 73,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,400 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Castilla–La Mancha is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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