North Dakota is 1.93× the size of Castile and León

North Dakota (state of the United States) covers about 183,000 km² (70,600 mi²) and Castile and León (autonomous community of Spain) about 94,800 km² (36,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

183,000km²North Dakota
94,800km²Castile and León

100 km

North Dakota
Castile and León

What fits

Castile and León is 52% of the size of North Dakota.
North Dakota is larger by 88,000 km² (34,000 mi²), which is 93% of the area of Castile and León.
Measured in Belgiums: North Dakota is about 5.96, Castile and León about 3.09.

How they differ

North Dakota is larger, but Castile and León has the larger population: 2.4 million against 779,000, 3.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 25 in Castile and León against 4.3 in North Dakota: Castile and León is 5.91× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Dakota at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Castile and León at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows North Dakota as 2.35× the size of Castile and León instead of 1.93×.
Together North Dakota and Castile and León cover 278,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 88,000 km², is about the size of Jordan (88,900 km²).
At Castile and León's density, North Dakota would have 4.6 million people (it has 779,000). At North Dakota's density, Castile and León would have 404,000 (it has 2.4 million).
North Dakota's centre is 5.7° of latitude, about 630 km, farther north than Castile and León's.
North Dakota is the 18th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 48th most densely populated of them.
Castile and León is the largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 19% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
North Dakota lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 633 km) north of Castile and León.
Shared out evenly, each person in North Dakota would have about 234,560 m² and each person in Castile and León about 39,690 m².
Laid side by side, North Dakota and Castile and León would cover 278,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
Together they have 3.2 million people, 93% as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	North Dakota	Castile and León
Is a	StateUnited States	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	183,000 km²70,600 mi²	94,800 km²36,600 mi²
Official area	183,000 km²Wikidata	94,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	18th of 51in the United States	1st of 19in Spain
Population	779,000Wikidata, 2020	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	47th of 51in the United States	6th of 19in Spain
Density	4.3 per km²	25 per km²
Capital	Bismarck	–
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	40°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 183,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 183,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,800 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 Castile and León 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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