State of India
Punjab
पंजाबPunjab is a state of India. It covers about 50,400 km² (19,500 mi²), the 20th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Costa Rica. About 27.7 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 50,400 km²19,500 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 50,400 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of India | 1.6%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 20th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 27.7 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 551 people per km² |
| Capital | Chandigarh |
| Latitude range | 30°N to 33°N |
| Type | StateIN-PB |
What the numbers say about Punjab
- Punjab covers 1.6% of the area of India and ranks 17th of 36 by population, against 20th by area.
- It would take 62.5 states and union territories the size of Punjab to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 6.81× the size of Punjab; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Uttarakhand (52,600 km², 1.04×) and Himachal Pradesh (55,400 km², 1.10×).
- Counted as a country, Punjab would be larger than 110 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 130th by area, between Costa Rica (51,200 km²) and Slovakia (48,500 km²).
- With 27.7 million people it would rank 54th of 238 by population.
- Punjab has 551 people per km², about the density of the Comoros, which has 540 per km².
- That makes Punjab the 12th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 1.38× the average for India (400 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large in area, so Punjab looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Punjab stretches about 329 km north to south and 294 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 50,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 50,400 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.
- ChinaAreaNingxia0.97× · 52,100 km²PeopleXinjiang1.07× · 25.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaWest Virginia80% · 62,700 km²PeopleTexas0.95× · 29.1 million (2020)
- GermanyAreaLower Saxony1.06× · 47,600 km²PeopleNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.55× · 17.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBourgogne-Franche-Comté1.05× · 48,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.95× · 25,900 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaAragon1.06× · 47,600 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)64% · 78,800 km²PeopleTokyo1.94× · 14.3 million (2022)
- BrazilAreaRio Grande do Norte0.95× · 52,800 km²PeopleMinas Gerais1.35× · 20.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia0.91× · 55,100 km²PeopleOntario1.95× · 14.2 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)74% · 68,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaCampeche88% · 57,100 km²PeopleState of Mexico1.71× · 16.2 million (2015)
Where Punjab sits in India
All 36 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
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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