State of Mexico
Chiapas
Chiapas is a state of Mexico. It covers about 73,400 km² (28,300 mi²), the 9th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Panama. About 5.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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- Panama
- Chiapas
Facts
| Area, measured | 73,400 km²28,300 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 73,300 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 3.7%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 9th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 71 people per km² |
| Capital | Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 18°N |
| Type | StateMX-CHP |
What the numbers say about Chiapas
- Chiapas covers 3.7% of the area of Mexico and ranks 7th of 32 by population, against 9th by area.
- It would take 26.7 states the size of Chiapas to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 3.38× the size of Chiapas; the smallest, Mexico City, is 1.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Baja California (72,900 km², 1.01×) and Baja California Sur (72,100 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Chiapas 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 5.2 million people it would rank 121st of 238 by population.
- Chiapas has 71 people per km², about the density of Guinea, which has 72 per km².
- That makes Chiapas the 16th most densely populated of the 32 states, 1.16× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Chiapas lies at 16°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Chiapas stretches about 383 km north to south and 399 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 73,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,400 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.
- ChinaAreaChongqing89% · 82,400 km²PeopleQinghai88% · 5.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaSouth Carolina0.92× · 80,200 km²PeopleSouth Carolina1.02× · 5.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaJharkhand0.94× · 77,900 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh76% · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.05× · 70,000 km²PeopleHesse84% · 6.2 million (2022)
- FranceAreaOccitania1.00× · 73,500 km²PeopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur1.01× · 5.2 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleSicily (Italy)1.05× · 5.0 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha0.92× · 79,400 km²PeopleValencian Community0.98× · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)0.93× · 78,800 km²PeopleFukuoka1.02× · 5.1 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaSanta Catarina77% · 95,100 km²PeopleMaranhão77% · 6.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.01× · 72,800 km²PeopleBritish Columbia1.04× · 5.0 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.08× · 68,100 km²PeopleQueensland0.93× · 5.6 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok0.92× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Chiapas sits in Mexico
All 32 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Chiapas
- Occitania vs Chiapas
- Panama vs Chiapas
- Chiapas vs Sierra Leone
- Chiapas vs Ireland
- Austria vs Chiapas
- Liberia vs Chiapas
- New Zealand vs Chiapas
- Chiapas vs Tasmania (Australia)
- Chiapas vs New Brunswick
- Chongqing vs Chiapas
- Santa Catarina vs Chiapas
- South Carolina vs Chiapas
- Jharkhand vs Chiapas
- Castilla–La Mancha vs Chiapas
- Hokkaido (Japan) vs Chiapas
- Chiapas vs Bavaria
- Chiapas vs Valencian Community
- Chiapas vs Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
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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