Virginia is 1.09× the size of Castile and León

Virginia (state of the United States) covers about 104,000 km² (40,000 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.

104,000km²Virginia
94,800km²Castile and León

200 km

Virginia
Castile and León

What fits

Castile and León is 91% of the size of Virginia.
Virginia is larger by 8,940 km² (3,450 mi²), which is 9.4% of the area of Castile and León.
Measured in Belgiums: Virginia is about 3.38, Castile and León about 3.09.

How they differ

Virginia also has the larger population: 8.6 million against 2.4 million, 3.61× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 83 in Virginia against 25 in Castile and León: Virginia is 3.30× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,160 km apart.
On a standard web map Castile and León looks larger than Virginia: Virginia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Castile and León at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Castile and León as 1.03× the size of Virginia, when Virginia is 1.09× the size of Castile and León.
Together Virginia and Castile and León cover 199,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 8,940 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Castile and León's density, Virginia would have 2.6 million people (it has 8.6 million). At Virginia's density, Castile and León would have 7.9 million (it has 2.4 million).
Castile and León's centre is 4.2° of latitude, about 470 km, farther north than Virginia's.
Virginia is the 37th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th 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.
Castile and León lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 470 km) north of Virginia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Virginia would have about 12,020 m² and each person in Castile and León about 39,690 m².
Laid side by side, Virginia and Castile and León would cover 199,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
Together they have 11.0 million people, about as many people as Somalia.

Side by side

	Virginia	Castile and León
Is a	StateUnited States	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	104,000 km²40,000 mi²	94,800 km²36,600 mi²
Official area	111,000 km²Wikidata	94,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	37th of 51in the United States	1st of 19in Spain
Population	8.6 millionWikidata, 2020	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	12th of 51in the United States	6th of 19in Spain
Density	83 per km²	25 per km²
Capital	Richmond	–
Latitude range	37°N to 39°N	40°N to 43°N

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

Our measured 104,000 km² is 6.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 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 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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