State of Mexico
Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes is a state of Mexico. It covers about 5,550 km² (2,140 mi²), the 29th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Cyprus. About 1.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 5,550 km²2,140 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,620 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 0.3%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 29th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 237 people per km² |
| Capital | Aguascalientes City |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 22°N |
| Type | StateMX-AGU |
What the numbers say about Aguascalientes
- Aguascalientes covers 0.3% of the area of Mexico and ranks 27th of 32 by population, against 29th by area.
- It would take 353 states the size of Aguascalientes to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 44.7× the size of Aguascalientes; the smallest, Mexico City, is 25% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Colima (5,880 km², 1.06×) and Morelos (5,080 km², 1.09×).
- Counted as a country, Aguascalientes would be larger than 67 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 173rd by area, between Brunei (5,720 km²) and Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- With 1.3 million people it would rank 159th of 238 by population.
- Aguascalientes has 237 people per km², about the density of Qatar, which has 237 per km².
- That makes Aguascalientes the 5th most densely populated of the 32 states, 3.85× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Aguascalientes lies at 22°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, Aguascalientes stretches about 88 km north to south and 104 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,550 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai82% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.07× · 5,170 km²PeopleMaine0.96× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim80% · 6,940 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh0.95× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania84% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)64% · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.49× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria1.01× · 5,490 km²PeopleAbruzzo1.00× · 1.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.04× · 5,350 km²PeopleAragon0.97× · 1.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaEhime0.99× · 5,630 km²PeopleNagasaki1.00× · 1.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District0.96× · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins87% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island0.97× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba0.98× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia69% · 1.9 million (2024)
- ThailandAreaChachoengsao1.00× · 5,550 km²PeopleRoi Et1.01× · 1.3 million (2020)
Where Aguascalientes sits in Mexico
All 32 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Mexico
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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, 2015. Mexico’s units share the 2015 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