West Virginia is 1.09× the size of Sinaloa
West Virginia (state of the United States) covers about 62,700 km² (24,200 mi²) and Sinaloa (state of Mexico) about 57,700 km² (22,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 62,700km²West Virginia
- 57,700km²Sinaloa
100 km
- West Virginia
- Sinaloa
What fits
- Sinaloa is 92% of the size of West Virginia.
- West Virginia is larger by 5,020 km² (1,940 mi²), which is 8.7% of the area of Sinaloa.
- Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Sinaloa about 1.88.
How they differ
- West Virginia is larger, but Sinaloa has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.8 million, 1.65× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 51 in Sinaloa against 29 in West Virginia: Sinaloa is 1.80× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,940 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: West Virginia at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Sinaloa at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows West Virginia as 1.46× the size of Sinaloa instead of 1.09×.
- Together West Virginia and Sinaloa cover 120,000 km², close to the size of Malawi (119,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 5,020 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
- At Sinaloa's density, West Virginia would have 3.2 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Sinaloa would have 1.7 million (it has 3.0 million).
- West Virginia's centre is 13.6° of latitude, about 1,520 km, farther north than Sinaloa'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.
- Sinaloa is the 17th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- West Virginia lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,520 km) north of Sinaloa.
- Shared out evenly, each person in West Virginia would have about 34,980 m² and each person in Sinaloa about 19,450 m².
- Laid side by side, West Virginia and Sinaloa would cover 120,000 km², about the same size as Malawi.
- Together they have 4.8 million people, about as many people as Mauritania.
Side by side
| West Virginia | Sinaloa | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 62,700 km²24,200 mi² | 57,700 km²22,300 mi² |
| Official area | 62,800 km²Wikidata | 57,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 41st of 51in the United States | 17th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 39th of 51in the United States | 15th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 29 per km² | 51 per km² |
| Capital | Charleston | Culiacán |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 41°N | 22°N to 27°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. 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 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,700 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