State of India
Himachal Pradesh
हिमाचल प्रदेशHimachal Pradesh is a state of India. It covers about 55,400 km² (21,400 mi²), the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Croatia. About 6.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 55,400 km²21,400 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 55,800 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of India | 1.8%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 18th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 124 people per km² |
| Capital | Shimla |
| Latitude range | 30°N to 33°N |
| Type | StateIN-HP |
What the numbers say about Himachal Pradesh
- Himachal Pradesh covers 1.8% of the area of India and ranks 22nd of 36 by population, against 18th by area.
- It would take 56.9 states and union territories the size of Himachal Pradesh to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 6.19× the size of Himachal Pradesh; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Uttarakhand (52,600 km², 1.05×) and Punjab (50,400 km², 1.10×).
- Counted as a country, Himachal Pradesh would be larger than 113 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 127th by area, between Togo (56,900 km²) and Croatia (55,000 km²).
- With 6.9 million people it would rank 106th of 238 by population.
- Himachal Pradesh has 124 people per km², about the density of Benin, which has 122 per km².
- That makes Himachal Pradesh the 30th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 31% of the average for India (400 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 32°N is drawn about 1.4× too large in area, so Himachal Pradesh looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Himachal Pradesh stretches about 317 km north to south and 323 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 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.
- ChinaAreaNingxia1.06× · 52,100 km²PeopleNingxia0.95× · 7.2 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaWest Virginia88% · 62,700 km²PeopleTennessee0.99× · 6.9 million (2020)
- GermanyAreaLower Saxony1.16× · 47,600 km²PeopleHesse1.11× · 6.2 million (2022)
- FranceAreaGrand Est0.97× · 57,400 km²PeopleNouvelle-Aquitaine1.12× · 6.1 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLazio1.17× · 5.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaAragon1.16× · 47,600 km²PeopleCommunity of Madrid0.98× · 7.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)70% · 78,800 km²PeopleSaitama0.93× · 7.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaParaíba0.98× · 56,500 km²PeopleMaranhão1.01× · 6.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia1.01× · 55,100 km²PeopleQuebec81% · 8.5 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)81% · 68,100 km²PeopleVictoria0.98× · 7.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaCampeche0.97× · 57,100 km²PeoplePuebla1.11× · 6.2 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok1.21× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Himachal Pradesh sits in India
All 36 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within India
- 15Assam79,500 km²
- 16Jharkhand77,900 km²
- 17Ladakh64,300 km²
- 18Himachal Pradesh55,400 km²
- 19Uttarakhand52,600 km²
- 20Punjab50,400 km²
- 21Haryana43,900 km²
All 36 states and union territories of India, matched to countries
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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