West Virginia is 1.13× the size of Himachal Pradesh

West Virginia (state of the United States) covers about 62,700 km² (24,200 mi²) and Himachal Pradesh (state of India) about 55,400 km² (21,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

62,700km²West Virginia
55,400km²Himachal Pradesh

100 km

West Virginia
Himachal Pradesh

What fits

Himachal Pradesh is 88% of the size of West Virginia.
West Virginia is larger by 7,340 km² (2,830 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Himachal Pradesh.
Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Himachal Pradesh about 1.81.

How they differ

West Virginia is larger, but Himachal Pradesh has the larger population: 6.9 million against 1.8 million, 3.83× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 124 in Himachal Pradesh against 29 in West Virginia: Himachal Pradesh is 4.33× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: West Virginia at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Himachal Pradesh at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows West Virginia as 1.34× the size of Himachal Pradesh instead of 1.13×.
Together West Virginia and Himachal Pradesh cover 118,000 km², close to the size of Malawi (119,000 km², 1.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 7,340 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Himachal Pradesh's density, West Virginia would have 7.8 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Himachal Pradesh would have 1.6 million (it has 6.9 million).
West Virginia's centre is 6.7° of latitude, about 750 km, farther north than Himachal Pradesh'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.
Himachal Pradesh is the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
West Virginia lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 746 km) north of Himachal Pradesh.
Shared out evenly, each person in West Virginia would have about 34,980 m² and each person in Himachal Pradesh about 8,070 m².
Laid side by side, West Virginia and Himachal Pradesh would cover 118,000 km², about the same size as Malawi.
Together they have 8.7 million people, 97% as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

	West Virginia	Himachal Pradesh
Is a	StateUnited States	StateIndia
Area, measured	62,700 km²24,200 mi²	55,400 km²21,400 mi²
Official area	62,800 km²Wikidata	55,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	41st of 51in the United States	18th of 36in India
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020	6.9 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	39th of 51in the United States	22nd of 36in India
Density	29 per km²	124 per km²
Capital	Charleston	Shimla
Latitude range	37°N to 41°N	30°N to 33°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. 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 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 km², to within 2%.

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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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