State of India
Karnataka
कर्नाटकKarnataka is a state of India. It covers about 192,000 km² (74,100 mi²), the 5th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Senegal. About 61.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 192,000 km²74,100 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 192,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of India | 6.1%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 5th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 61.1 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 319 people per km² |
| Capital | Bengaluru; Belgaum |
| Latitude range | 12°N to 18°N |
| Type | StateIN-KA |
What the numbers say about Karnataka
- Karnataka covers 6.1% of the area of India and ranks 8th of 36 by population, against 5th by area.
- It would take 16.4 states and union territories the size of Karnataka to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 1.79× the size of Karnataka; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Gujarat (184,000 km², 1.04×) and Andhra Pradesh (161,000 km², 1.19×).
- Counted as a country, Karnataka would be larger than 152 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 88th by area, between Senegal (196,000 km²) and Syria (186,000 km²).
- With 61.1 million people it would rank 24th of 238 by population.
- Karnataka has 319 people per km², about the density of Sri Lanka, which has 323 per km².
- That makes Karnataka the 19th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 80% of the average for India (400 per km²).
- Karnataka lies at 15°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, Karnataka stretches about 760 km north to south and 483 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 192,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 192,000 km², to within 2%.
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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.
- ChinaAreaJilin1.00× · 191,000 km²PeopleAnhui1.00× · 61.0 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaSouth Dakota0.96× · 199,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.55× · 39.5 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaParaná0.97× · 199,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo1.38× · 44.4 million (2022)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria84% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaSonora1.07× · 179,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Karnataka 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