State of India
Haryana
हरियाणाHaryana is a state of India. It covers about 43,900 km² (17,000 mi²), the 21st largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Denmark. About 25.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 43,900 km²17,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 44,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of India | 1.4%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 21st of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 25.4 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 577 people per km² |
| Capital | Chandigarh |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 31°N |
| Type | StateIN-HR |
What the numbers say about Haryana
- Haryana covers 1.4% of the area of India and ranks 18th of 36 by population, against 21st by area.
- It would take 71.7 states and union territories the size of Haryana to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 7.81× the size of Haryana; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Jammu and Kashmir (42,600 km², 1.03×) and Punjab (50,400 km², 1.15×).
- Counted as a country, Haryana would be larger than 107 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 133rd by area, between Estonia (45,800 km²) and Denmark (42,700 km²).
- With 25.4 million people it would rank 56th of 238 by population.
- Haryana has 577 people per km², about the density of Rwanda, which has 576 per km².
- That makes Haryana the 10th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 1.44× the average for India (400 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 29°N is drawn about 1.3× too large in area, so Haryana looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Haryana stretches about 363 km north to south and 301 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 44,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 43,900 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.
- ChinaAreaNingxia84% · 52,100 km²PeopleGansu1.01× · 25.0 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaWest Virginia70% · 62,700 km²PeopleTexas87% · 29.1 million (2020)
- GermanyAreaLower Saxony0.92× · 47,600 km²PeopleNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.42× · 17.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBourgogne-Franche-Comté0.92× · 48,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.70× · 25,900 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaExtremadura1.04× · 42,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)56% · 78,800 km²PeopleTokyo1.78× · 14.3 million (2022)
- BrazilAreaRio de Janeiro1.00× · 44,000 km²PeopleMinas Gerais1.23× · 20.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia80% · 55,100 km²PeopleOntario1.78× · 14.2 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)65% · 68,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaQuintana Roo1.00× · 43,900 km²PeopleState of Mexico1.57× · 16.2 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.93× · 22,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Haryana 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