Valencian Community is 1.07× the size of State of Mexico

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and State of Mexico (state of Mexico) about 21,800 km² (8,430 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
21,800km²State of Mexico

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Valencian Community
State of Mexico

What fits

State of Mexico is 94% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 1,440 km² (556 mi²), which is 6.6% of the area of State of Mexico.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, State of Mexico about 0.71.

How they differ

Valencian Community is larger, but State of Mexico has the larger population: 16.2 million against 5.3 million, 3.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 742 in State of Mexico against 229 in Valencian Community: State of Mexico is 3.25× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,400 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and State of Mexico at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Valencian Community as 1.59× the size of State of Mexico instead of 1.07×.
Together Valencian Community and State of Mexico cover 45,100 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 1.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,440 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At State of Mexico's density, Valencian Community would have 17.3 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, State of Mexico would have 5.0 million (it has 16.2 million).
Valencian Community's centre is 20.0° of latitude, about 2,230 km, farther north than State of Mexico's.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
State of Mexico is the 25th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
Valencian Community lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,230 km) north of State of Mexico.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in State of Mexico about 1,350 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and State of Mexico would cover 45,100 km², about the same size as Estonia.
Together they have 21.5 million people, about as many people as Niger.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	State of Mexico
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateMexico
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	21,800 km²8,430 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	22,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	25th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	16.2 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	1st of 32in Mexico
Density	229 per km²	742 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Toluca de Lerdo
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	18°N to 20°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 21,800 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,400 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. The outline of Valencian Community 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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