State of India
Tripura
त्रिपुराTripura is a state of India. It covers about 10,700 km² (4,150 mi²), the 28th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as the Gambia. About 3.7 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
100 km
- Tripura
- Gambia
Facts
| Area, measured | 10,700 km²4,150 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 10,500 km²Wikidata · 2.5% below our measure |
| Share of India | 0.3%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 28th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 3.7 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 342 people per km² |
| Capital | Agartala |
| Latitude range | 23°N to 25°N |
| Type | StateIN-TR |
What the numbers say about Tripura
- Tripura covers 0.3% of the area of India and ranks 23rd of 36 by population, against 28th by area.
- It would take 293 states and union territories the size of Tripura to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 31.9× the size of Tripura; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is 0.3% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (7,110 km², 1.51×) and Nagaland (16,300 km², 1.51×).
- Counted as a country, Tripura would be larger than 73 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 167th by area, between Kosovo (10,900 km²) and the Gambia (10,500 km²).
- With 3.7 million people it would rank 133rd of 238 by population.
- Tripura has 342 people per km², about the density of Japan, which has 331 per km².
- That makes Tripura the 17th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 85% of the average for India (400 per km²).
- Tripura 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, Tripura stretches about 178 km north to south and 122 km east to west.
- Our measured 10,700 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 10,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin0.94× · 11,500 km²PeopleTibet1.01× · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaConnecticut85% · 12,700 km²PeopleConnecticut1.02× · 3.6 million (2020)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein70% · 15,400 km²PeopleBerlin0.98× · 3.8 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France89% · 12,100 km²PeoplePays de la Loire0.95× · 3.9 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaAbruzzo0.99× · 10,900 km²PeopleTuscany0.99× · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreaAsturias1.01× · 10,700 km²PeopleGalicia1.36× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreaGifu1.01× · 10,700 km²PeopleShizuoka1.02× · 3.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.86× · 5,790 km²PeopleMato Grosso1.00× · 3.7 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.87× · 5,730 km²PeopleAlberta86% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleWestern Australia1.22× · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro0.92× · 11,700 km²PeopleChihuahua1.03× · 3.6 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaKhon Kaen1.00× · 10,700 km²PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.40× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Tripura 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