West Virginia is 1.49× the size of Extremadura

West Virginia (state of the United States) covers about 62,700 km² (24,200 mi²) and Extremadura (autonomous community of Spain) about 42,100 km² (16,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

62,700km²West Virginia
42,100km²Extremadura

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West Virginia
Extremadura

What fits

Extremadura is 67% of the size of West Virginia.
West Virginia is larger by 20,600 km² (7,970 mi²), which is 49% of the area of Extremadura.
Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Extremadura about 1.37.

How they differ

West Virginia also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 1.1 million, 1.70× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 29 in West Virginia against 25 in Extremadura: West Virginia is 1.14× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,250 km apart.
Together West Virginia and Extremadura cover 105,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 2.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 20,600 km², is about the size of El Salvador (20,500 km²).
At Extremadura's density, West Virginia would have 1.6 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Extremadura would have 1.2 million (it has 1.1 million).
Extremadura's centre is 0.5° of latitude, about 60 km, farther north than West Virginia's.
West Virginia is the 41st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 39°N and 39°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in West Virginia would have about 34,980 m² and each person in Extremadura about 39,990 m².
Laid side by side, West Virginia and Extremadura would cover 105,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
Together they have 2.8 million people, about as many people as Lithuania.

Side by side

	West Virginia	Extremadura
Is a	StateUnited States	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	62,700 km²24,200 mi²	42,100 km²16,300 mi²
Official area	62,800 km²Wikidata	41,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	41st of 51in the United States	5th of 19in Spain
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020	1.1 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	39th of 51in the United States	13th of 19in Spain
Density	29 per km²	25 per km²
Capital	Charleston	Mérida
Latitude range	37°N to 41°N	38°N to 40°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 62,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 62,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 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 Extremadura 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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