Utah is 3.01× the size of Baja California
Utah (state of the United States) covers about 220,000 km² (84,900 mi²) and Baja California (state of Mexico) about 72,900 km² (28,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 220,000km²Utah
- 72,900km²Baja California
100 km
- Utah
- Baja California
What fits
- Baja California fits inside Utah about 3.01 times by area.
- Utah is larger by 147,000 km² (56,700 mi²), which is 201% of the area of Baja California.
- Measured in Belgiums: Utah is about 7.17, Baja California about 2.38.
How they differ
- Utah is larger, but Baja California has the larger population: 3.3 million against 3.3 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 45 in Baja California against 15 in Utah: Baja California is 3.05× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,020 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Utah at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Baja California at 31°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Utah as 3.74× the size of Baja California instead of 3.01×.
- Together Utah and Baja California cover 293,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 147,000 km², is about the size of Nepal (147,000 km²).
- At Baja California's density, Utah would have 10.0 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Utah's density, Baja California would have 1.1 million (it has 3.3 million).
- Utah's centre is 8.8° of latitude, about 980 km, farther north than Baja California's.
- Utah is the 13th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 41st most densely populated of them.
- Baja California is the 10th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Utah lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 976 km) north of Baja California.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Utah would have about 67,170 m² and each person in Baja California about 21,990 m².
- Laid side by side, Utah and Baja California would cover 293,000 km², about the same size as the Philippines.
- Together they have 6.6 million people, about as many people as Serbia.
Side by side
| Utah | Baja California | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 220,000 km²84,900 mi² | 72,900 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 220,000 km²Wikidata | 71,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 51in the United States | 10th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2020 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 30th of 51in the United States | 14th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 15 per km² | 45 per km² |
| Capital | Salt Lake City | Mexicali |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 42°N | 28°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 220,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 220,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 72,900 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 71,500 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