State of India
Madhya Pradesh
मध्य प्रदेशMadhya Pradesh is a state of India. It covers about 310,000 km² (120,000 mi²), the 2nd largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Oman. About 72.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 310,000 km²120,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 308,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of India | 9.8%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 72.6 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 235 people per km² |
| Capital | Bhopal |
| Latitude range | 21°N to 27°N |
| Type | StateIN-MP |
What the numbers say about Madhya Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh covers 9.8% of the area of India and ranks 5th of 36 by population, against 2nd by area.
- It would take 10.2 states and union territories the size of Madhya Pradesh to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 1.11× the size of Madhya Pradesh; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Maharashtra (307,000 km², 1.01×) and Rajasthan (343,000 km², 1.11×).
- Counted as a country, Madhya Pradesh would be larger than 168 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 72nd by area, between Oman (311,000 km²) and Italy (301,000 km²).
- With 72.6 million people it would rank 20th of 238 by population.
- Madhya Pradesh has 235 people per km², about the density of Germany, which has 233 per km².
- That makes Madhya Pradesh the 24th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 59% of the average for India (400 per km²).
- Madhya Pradesh lies at 24°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, Madhya Pradesh stretches about 642 km north to south and 896 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 308,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 310,000 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.
- ChinaAreaYunnan80% · 385,000 km²PeopleHebei0.97× · 74.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaNew Mexico0.98× · 315,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.84× · 39.5 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaMaranhão0.95× · 326,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo1.63× · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador77% · 403,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaVictoria1.36× · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaChihuahua1.25× · 248,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Madhya Pradesh 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