State of India
West Bengal
पश्चिम बंगालWest Bengal is a state of India. It covers about 86,400 km² (33,300 mi²), the 13th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Azerbaijan. About 91.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 86,400 km²33,300 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 88,800 km²Wikidata · 2.7% above our measure |
| Share of India | 2.7%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 13th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 91.3 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 1,057 people per km² |
| Capital | Kolkata |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 27°N |
| Type | StateIN-WB |
What the numbers say about West Bengal
- West Bengal covers 2.7% of the area of India and ranks 4th of 36 by population, against 13th by area.
- It would take 36.5 states and union territories the size of West Bengal to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 3.97× the size of West Bengal; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Arunachal Pradesh (80,600 km², 1.07×) and Assam (79,500 km², 1.09×).
- Counted as a country, West Bengal would be larger than 126 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 114th by area, between Jordan (88,900 km²) and Azerbaijan (86,200 km²).
- With 91.3 million people it would rank 18th of 238 by population.
- West Bengal has 1,057 people per km², about the density of Bangladesh, which has 1,252 per km².
- That makes West Bengal the 6th most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 2.64× the average for India (400 per km²).
- West Bengal 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, West Bengal stretches about 636 km north to south and 410 km east to west.
- Our measured 86,400 km² is 2.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 88,800 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.
- ChinaAreaChongqing1.05× · 82,400 km²PeopleJiangsu1.08× · 84.7 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMaine1.02× · 84,300 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.23× · 70,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.02× · 85,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaAndalusia0.98× · 87,700 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.10× · 78,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaSanta Catarina0.91× · 95,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.19× · 72,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.27× · 68,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaOaxaca0.94× · 92,200 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where West Bengal 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