Himachal Pradesh is 6.92× the size of Community of Madrid

Himachal Pradesh (state of India) covers about 55,400 km² (21,400 mi²) and Community of Madrid (autonomous community of Spain) about 8,000 km² (3,090 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,400km²Himachal Pradesh
8,000km²Community of Madrid

100 km

Himachal Pradesh
Community of Madrid

What fits

Community of Madrid fits inside Himachal Pradesh about 6.92 times by area.
Himachal Pradesh is larger by 47,400 km² (18,300 mi²), which is 592% of the area of Community of Madrid.
Measured in Belgiums: Himachal Pradesh is about 1.81, Community of Madrid about 0.26.

How they differ

Himachal Pradesh is larger, but Community of Madrid has the larger population: 7.0 million against 6.9 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 875 in Community of Madrid against 124 in Himachal Pradesh: Community of Madrid is 7.06× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,070 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Himachal Pradesh at 32°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Community of Madrid at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Himachal Pradesh as 5.56× the size of Community of Madrid instead of 6.92×.
Together Himachal Pradesh and Community of Madrid cover 63,400 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 1.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 47,400 km², is about the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km²).
At Community of Madrid's density, Himachal Pradesh would have 48.5 million people (it has 6.9 million). At Himachal Pradesh's density, Community of Madrid would have 991,000 (it has 7.0 million).
Community of Madrid's centre is 8.6° of latitude, about 950 km, farther north than Himachal Pradesh's.
Himachal Pradesh is the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Community of Madrid is the 12th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Community of Madrid lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 952 km) north of Himachal Pradesh.
Shared out evenly, each person in Himachal Pradesh would have about 8,070 m² and each person in Community of Madrid about 1,140 m².
Laid side by side, Himachal Pradesh and Community of Madrid would cover 63,400 km², about the same size as Latvia.
Together they have 13.9 million people, about as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

	Himachal Pradesh	Community of Madrid
Is a	StateIndia	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	55,400 km²21,400 mi²	8,000 km²3,090 mi²
Official area	55,800 km²Wikidata	8,030 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	18th of 36in India	12th of 19in Spain
Population	6.9 millionWikidata, 2011	7.0 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	22nd of 36in India	3rd of 19in Spain
Density	124 per km²	875 per km²
Capital	Shimla	Madrid
Latitude range	30°N to 33°N	40°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 8,030 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,000 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

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