State of India
Assam
असमAssam is a state of India. It covers about 79,500 km² (30,700 mi²), the 15th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Czechia. About 31.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 79,500 km²30,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 78,400 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of India | 2.5%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 15th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 31.2 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 392 people per km² |
| Capital | Dispur |
| Latitude range | 24°N to 28°N |
| Type | StateIN-AS |
What the numbers say about Assam
- Assam covers 2.5% of the area of India and ranks 15th of 36 by both area and population.
- It would take 39.6 states and union territories the size of Assam to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 4.31× the size of Assam; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Arunachal Pradesh (80,600 km², 1.01×) and Jharkhand (77,900 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Assam would be larger than 124 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 116th by area, between Austria (84,000 km²) and Czechia (78,800 km²).
- With 31.2 million people it would rank 49th of 238 by population.
- Assam has 392 people per km², about the density of Belgium, which has 386 per km².
- That makes Assam the 15th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 98% of the average for India (400 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large in area, so Assam looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Assam stretches about 433 km north to south and 630 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 78,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,500 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
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.
- ChinaAreaChongqing0.97× · 82,400 km²PeopleHeilongjiang0.98× · 31.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaSouth Carolina0.99× · 80,200 km²PeopleTexas1.07× · 29.1 million (2020)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.14× · 70,000 km²PeopleNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.74× · 17.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaFrench Guiana0.96× · 83,200 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha1.00× · 79,400 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.01× · 78,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaSanta Catarina84% · 95,100 km²PeopleSão Paulo70% · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.09× · 72,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.17× · 68,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaTamaulipas1.00× · 79,600 km²PeopleState of Mexico1.93× · 16.2 million (2015)
Where Assam 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