State of India
Gujarat
गुजरातGujarat is a state of India. It covers about 184,000 km² (71,200 mi²), the 6th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Syria. About 60.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 184,000 km²71,200 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 196,000 km²Wikidata · 5.9% above our measure |
| Share of India | 5.9%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 6th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 60.4 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 327 people per km² |
| Capital | Gandhinagar |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 25°N |
| Type | StateIN-GJ |
What the numbers say about Gujarat
- Gujarat covers 5.9% of the area of India and ranks 9th of 36 by population, against 6th by area.
- It would take 17.1 states and union territories the size of Gujarat to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 1.86× the size of Gujarat; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Karnataka (192,000 km², 1.04×) and Andhra Pradesh (161,000 km², 1.15×).
- Counted as a country, Gujarat would be larger than 151 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 89th by area, between Syria (186,000 km²) and Cambodia (181,000 km²).
- With 60.4 million people it would rank 24th of 238 by population.
- Gujarat has 327 people per km², about the density of Sri Lanka, which has 323 per km².
- That makes Gujarat the 18th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 82% of the average for India (400 per km²).
- Gujarat lies at 23°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
- Laid out flat, Gujarat stretches about 515 km north to south and 645 km east to west.
- Our measured 184,000 km² is 5.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 196,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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.
- ChinaAreaHubei0.99× · 186,000 km²PeopleAnhui0.99× · 61.0 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaNorth Dakota1.01× · 183,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.53× · 39.5 million (2020)
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.95× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaParaná0.93× · 199,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo1.36× · 44.4 million (2022)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria81% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaSonora1.03× · 179,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Gujarat 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