State of India
Andhra Pradesh
आन्ध्र प्रदेशAndhra Pradesh is a state of India. It covers about 161,000 km² (62,000 mi²), the 7th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Tunisia. About 49.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 161,000 km²62,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 163,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of India | 5.1%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 7th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 49.6 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 309 people per km² |
| Capital | Amaravati |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 19°N |
| Type | StateIN-AP |
What the numbers say about Andhra Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh covers 5.1% of the area of India and ranks 10th of 36 by population, against 7th by area.
- It would take 19.6 states and union territories the size of Andhra Pradesh to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 2.14× the size of Andhra Pradesh; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Odisha (155,000 km², 1.03×) and Gujarat (184,000 km², 1.15×).
- Counted as a country, Andhra Pradesh would be larger than 148 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 92nd by area, between Somaliland (167,000 km²) and Tunisia (157,000 km²).
- With 49.6 million people it would rank 29th of 238 by population.
- Andhra Pradesh has 309 people per km², about the density of Sri Lanka, which has 323 per km².
- That makes Andhra Pradesh the 20th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 77% of the average for India (400 per km²).
- Andhra Pradesh lies at 16°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Andhra Pradesh stretches about 731 km north to south and 854 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 163,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 161,000 km², to within 2%.
- Until 2014, Andhra Pradesh covered what is now Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Added together, today’s outlines measure 275,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso: as one unit they would be the 4th largest of 35, with 84.8 million people (2011 figures added up) the 5th most populous.
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Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaShanxi1.03× · 156,000 km²PeopleGuangxi0.99× · 50.1 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaWisconsin0.95× · 169,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.26× · 39.5 million (2020)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.89× · 85,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.69× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaAcre1.04× · 154,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo1.12× · 44.4 million (2022)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria70% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaCoahuila1.06× · 151,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Andhra Pradesh sits in India
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2011. India’s units share the 2011 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12