Guanajuato is 1.03× the size of Galicia

Guanajuato (state of Mexico) covers about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²) and Galicia (autonomous community of Spain) about 29,600 km² (11,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,400km²Guanajuato
29,600km²Galicia

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Guanajuato
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What fits

Galicia is 97% of the size of Guanajuato.
Guanajuato is larger by 826 km² (319 mi²), which is 2.8% of the area of Galicia.
Measured in Belgiums: Guanajuato is about 0.99, Galicia about 0.96.

How they differ

Guanajuato also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 2.7 million, 2.17× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 91 in Galicia: Guanajuato is 2.11× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,690 km apart.
On a standard web map Galicia looks larger than Guanajuato: Guanajuato at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Galicia at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Galicia as 1.57× the size of Guanajuato, when Guanajuato is 1.03× the size of Galicia.
Together Guanajuato and Galicia cover 60,000 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 5.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 826 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
At Galicia's density, Guanajuato would have 2.8 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Guanajuato's density, Galicia would have 5.7 million (it has 2.7 million).
Galicia's centre is 21.9° of latitude, about 2,430 km, farther north than Guanajuato's.
Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Galicia is the 7th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Galicia lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,430 km) north of Guanajuato.
Shared out evenly, each person in Guanajuato would have about 5,200 m² and each person in Galicia about 10,950 m².
Laid side by side, Guanajuato and Galicia would cover 60,000 km², 1.06× the size of Togo.
Together they have 8.6 million people, 1.03× as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Guanajuato	Galicia
Is a	StateMexico	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	30,400 km²11,700 mi²	29,600 km²11,400 mi²
Official area	30,600 km²Wikidata	29,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	22nd of 32in Mexico	7th of 19in Spain
Population	5.9 millionWikidata, 2015	2.7 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	6th of 32in Mexico	5th of 19in Spain
Density	192 per km²	91 per km²
Capital	Guanajuato	–
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	42°N to 44°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 29,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 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 Galicia 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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