San Luis Potosí is 2.17× the size of Galicia

San Luis Potosí (state of Mexico) covers about 64,200 km² (24,800 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.

64,200km²San Luis Potosí
29,600km²Galicia

100 km

San Luis Potosí
Galicia

What fits

Galicia fits inside San Luis Potosí about 2.17 times by area.
San Luis Potosí is larger by 34,600 km² (13,400 mi²), which is 117% of the area of Galicia.
Measured in Belgiums: San Luis Potosí is about 2.09, Galicia about 0.96.

How they differ

San Luis Potosí also has the larger population: 2.7 million against 2.7 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 91 in Galicia against 42 in San Luis Potosí: Galicia is 2.16× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,520 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: San Luis Potosí at 23°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Galicia at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows San Luis Potosí as 1.37× the size of Galicia instead of 2.17×.
Together San Luis Potosí and Galicia cover 93,800 km², close to the size of Hungary (93,200 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 34,600 km², is about the size of Moldova (33,200 km²).
At Galicia's density, San Luis Potosí would have 5.9 million people (it has 2.7 million). At San Luis Potosí's density, Galicia would have 1.3 million (it has 2.7 million).
Galicia's centre is 20.2° of latitude, about 2,240 km, farther north than San Luis Potosí's.
San Luis Potosí is the 15th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 25th 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 20° of latitude (roughly 2,240 km) north of San Luis Potosí.
Shared out evenly, each person in San Luis Potosí would have about 23,620 m² and each person in Galicia about 10,950 m².
Laid side by side, San Luis Potosí and Galicia would cover 93,800 km², about the same size as Hungary.
Together they have 5.4 million people, about as many people as Slovakia.

Side by side

	San Luis Potosí	Galicia
Is a	StateMexico	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	64,200 km²24,800 mi²	29,600 km²11,400 mi²
Official area	61,000 km²Wikidata	29,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	15th of 32in Mexico	7th of 19in Spain
Population	2.7 millionWikidata, 2015	2.7 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	19th of 32in Mexico	5th of 19in Spain
Density	42 per km²	91 per km²
Capital	San Luis Potosí	–
Latitude range	21°N to 25°N	42°N to 44°N

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

Our measured 64,200 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 61,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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