State of India
Nagaland
नागालैण्डNagaland is a state of India. It covers about 16,300 km² (6,280 mi²), the 27th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and 95% of the size of Eswatini. About 2.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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- Nagaland
Facts
| Area, measured | 16,300 km²6,280 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 16,600 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of India | 0.5%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 27th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 122 people per km² |
| Capital | Kohima |
| Latitude range | 25°N to 27°N |
| Type | StateIN-NL |
What the numbers say about Nagaland
- Nagaland covers 0.5% of the area of India and ranks 26th of 36 by population, against 27th by area.
- It would take 194 states and union territories the size of Nagaland to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 21.1× the size of Nagaland; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is 0.2% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Mizoram (21,200 km², 1.31×) and Manipur (21,700 km², 1.33×).
- Counted as a country, Nagaland would be larger than 81 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 159th by area, between Eswatini (17,100 km²) and East Timor (15,100 km²).
- With 2.0 million people it would rank 149th of 238 by population.
- Nagaland has 122 people per km², about the density of Benin, which has 122 per km².
- That makes Nagaland the 31st most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 30% of the average for India (400 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large in area, so Nagaland looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Nagaland stretches about 203 km north to south and 191 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 16,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.00× · 16,300 km²PeopleTibet54% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaHawaii0.97× · 16,800 km²PeopleNebraska1.01× · 2.0 million (2020)
- GermanyAreaThuringia1.01× · 16,100 km²PeopleHamburg1.05× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.34× · 12,100 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire77% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaLazio0.95× · 17,000 km²PeopleCalabria1.02× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community70% · 23,300 km²PeopleCastilla–La Mancha0.94× · 2.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.05× · 15,500 km²PeopleGifu1.00× · 2.0 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaSergipe75% · 21,600 km²PeopleSergipe90% · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.47× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia1.05× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaHidalgo76% · 21,300 km²PeopleMorelos1.00× · 2.0 million (2020)
- ThailandAreaTak0.99× · 16,400 km²PeopleUbon Ratchathani1.06× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where Nagaland 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