Colorado is 1.12× the size of Uttar Pradesh
Colorado (state of the United States) covers about 269,000 km² (104,000 mi²) and Uttar Pradesh (state of India) about 240,000 km² (92,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 269,000km²Colorado
- 240,000km²Uttar Pradesh
200 km
- Colorado
- Uttar Pradesh
What fits
- Uttar Pradesh is 89% of the size of Colorado.
- Colorado is larger by 28,900 km² (11,200 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Uttar Pradesh.
- Measured in Belgiums: Colorado is about 8.78, Uttar Pradesh about 7.83.
How they differ
- Colorado is larger, but Uttar Pradesh has the larger population: 246.3 million against 5.8 million, 42.7× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,025 in Uttar Pradesh against 21 in Colorado: Uttar Pradesh is 47.8× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,700 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Colorado at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Uttar Pradesh at 27°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Colorado as 1.47× the size of Uttar Pradesh instead of 1.12×.
- Together Colorado and Uttar Pradesh cover 509,000 km², close to the size of Thailand (514,000 km², 1.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 28,900 km², is about the size of Albania (28,300 km²).
- At Uttar Pradesh's density, Colorado would have 275.9 million people (it has 5.8 million). At Colorado's density, Uttar Pradesh would have 5.2 million (it has 246.3 million).
- Colorado's centre is 12.1° of latitude, about 1,340 km, farther north than Uttar Pradesh's.
- Colorado is the 8th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.8% of its area; it is the 38th most densely populated of them.
- Uttar Pradesh is the 4th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 7.6% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Colorado lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,340 km) north of Uttar Pradesh.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Colorado would have about 46,630 m² and each person in Uttar Pradesh about 980 m².
- Laid side by side, Colorado and Uttar Pradesh would cover 509,000 km², about the same size as Thailand.
- Together they have 252.0 million people, 92% as many people as Indonesia.
Side by side
| Colorado | Uttar Pradesh | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 269,000 km²104,000 mi² | 240,000 km²92,800 mi² |
| Official area | 270,000 km²Wikidata | 243,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 51in the United States | 4th of 36in India |
| Population | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 246.3 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 21st of 51in the United States | 1st of 36in India |
| Density | 21 per km² | 1,025 per km² |
| Capital | Denver | Lucknow |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 41°N | 24°N to 30°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 270,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 243,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 240,000 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