South Carolina is 1.11× the size of Baja California Sur

South Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 80,200 km² (31,000 mi²) and Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

80,200km²South Carolina
72,100km²Baja California Sur

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South Carolina
Baja California Sur

What fits

Baja California Sur is 90% of the size of South Carolina.
South Carolina is larger by 8,040 km² (3,100 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Baja California Sur.
Measured in Belgiums: South Carolina is about 2.61, Baja California Sur about 2.35.

How they differ

South Carolina also has the larger population: 5.1 million against 637,000, 8.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 64 in South Carolina against 8.8 in Baja California Sur: South Carolina is 7.23× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,120 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Carolina at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Baja California Sur at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows South Carolina as 1.31× the size of Baja California Sur instead of 1.11×.
Together South Carolina and Baja California Sur cover 152,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 8,040 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Baja California Sur's density, South Carolina would have 708,000 people (it has 5.1 million). At South Carolina's density, Baja California Sur would have 4.6 million (it has 637,000).
South Carolina's centre is 8.0° of latitude, about 890 km, farther north than Baja California Sur's.
South Carolina is the 40th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Baja California Sur is the 11th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
South Carolina lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 890 km) north of Baja California Sur.
Shared out evenly, each person in South Carolina would have about 15,660 m² and each person in Baja California Sur about 113,220 m².
Laid side by side, South Carolina and Baja California Sur would cover 152,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 5.8 million people, about as many people as Denmark.

Side by side

	South Carolina	Baja California Sur
Is a	StateUnited States	StateMexico
Area, measured	80,200 km²31,000 mi²	72,100 km²27,800 mi²
Official area	82,900 km²Wikidata	73,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	40th of 51in the United States	11th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020	637,000Wikidata, 2010
Rank by population	23rd of 51in the United States	32nd of 32in Mexico
Density	64 per km²	8.8 per km²
Capital	Columbia	La Paz
Latitude range	32°N to 35°N	23°N to 28°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2010. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 80,200 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 82,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 72,100 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 73,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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