State of Mexico
Chihuahua
Chihuahua is a state of Mexico. It covers about 248,000 km² (95,700 mi²), the largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Guinea. About 3.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
200 km
- Chihuahua
- Guinea
Facts
| Area, measured | 248,000 km²95,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 247,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 13%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 1st of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 3.6 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 14 people per km² |
| Capital | Chihuahua City |
| Latitude range | 26°N to 32°N |
| Type | StateMX-CHH |
What the numbers say about Chihuahua
- Chihuahua covers 13% of the area of Mexico and ranks 11th of 32 by population, against 1st by area.
- It would take 7.89 states the size of Chihuahua to cover Mexico.
- The smallest, Mexico City, is 0.6% of the size of Chihuahua; the next largest, Sonora, is 72%.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Sonora (179,000 km², 1.38×) and Coahuila (151,000 km², 1.64×).
- Counted as a country, Chihuahua would be larger than 162 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 78th by area, between Ecuador (255,000 km²) and Guinea (244,000 km²).
- With 3.6 million people it would rank 133rd of 238 by population.
- Chihuahua has 14 people per km², about the density of Norway, which has 15 per km².
- That makes Chihuahua the 31st most densely populated of the 32 states, 23% of the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 29°N is drawn about 1.3× too large in area, so Chihuahua looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Chihuahua stretches about 686 km north to south and 570 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 248,000 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.
- ChinaAreaGuangxi1.04× · 237,000 km²PeopleTibet0.97× · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMichigan0.99× · 250,000 km²PeopleConnecticut0.99× · 3.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaUttar Pradesh1.03× · 240,000 km²PeopleTripura0.97× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBerlin0.95× · 3.8 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleBrittany1.04× · 3.4 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleTuscany0.95× · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleGalicia1.32× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleShizuoka0.99× · 3.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSão Paulo1.00× · 249,000 km²PeopleMato Grosso0.97× · 3.7 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador61% · 403,000 km²PeopleAlberta83% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria1.09× · 228,000 km²PeopleWestern Australia1.18× · 3.0 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.35× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Chihuahua 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