State of Mexico
Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur is a state of Mexico. It covers about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²), the 11th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Sierra Leone. About 637,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2010).
100 km
- Baja California Sur
- Sierra Leone
Facts
| Area, measured | 72,100 km²27,800 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 73,900 km²Wikidata · 2.4% above our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 3.7%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 11th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 637,000Wikidata, 2010 · the only figure Wikidata has; most units carry 2015 |
| Density | 8.8 people per km² |
| Capital | La Paz |
| Latitude range | 23°N to 28°N |
| Type | StateMX-BCS |
What the numbers say about Baja California Sur
- Baja California Sur covers 3.7% of the area of Mexico and ranks 32nd of 32 by population, against 11th by area.
- It would take 27.1 states the size of Baja California Sur to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 3.44× the size of Baja California Sur; the smallest, Mexico City, is 1.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Baja California (72,900 km², 1.01×) and Veracruz (71,000 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Baja California Sur would be larger than 121 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 119th by area, between Panama (74,500 km²) and Sierra Leone (71,600 km²).
- With 637,000 people it would rank 167th of 238 by population.
- Baja California Sur has 8.8 people per km², about the density of Russia, which has 8.6 per km².
- That makes Baja California Sur the 32nd most densely populated of the 32 states, 14% of the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Baja California Sur has 734× the room per person of Mexico City, the most crowded of the 32: 8.8 against 6,486 people per km².
- Wikidata holds no 2015 figure for Baja California Sur; the 2010 figure is the only one it has, so Baja California Sur is not counted the same way as the 24 states that carry 2015.
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large in area, so Baja California Sur looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Baja California Sur stretches about 570 km north to south and 567 km east to west.
- Our measured 72,100 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 73,900 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.
- ChinaAreaChongqing88% · 82,400 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaSouth Carolina90% · 80,200 km²PeopleVermont0.99× · 643,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaJharkhand0.93× · 77,900 km²PeopleSikkim0.97× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.03× · 70,000 km²PeopleBremen0.92× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes1.02× · 70,900 km²PeopleRéunion (France)72% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleBasilicata1.13× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha0.91× · 79,400 km²PeopleNavarre0.94× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)0.92× · 78,800 km²PeopleShimane0.96× · 665,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaParaíba1.28× · 56,500 km²PeopleRoraima1.00× · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick0.99× · 72,800 km²PeopleNew Brunswick82% · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.06× · 68,100 km²PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.18× · 540,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleLoei1.00× · 639,000 (2020)
Where Baja California Sur 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, 2010. 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