State of Mexico
Colima
Colima is a state of Mexico. It covers about 5,880 km² (2,270 mi²), the 28th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Brunei. About 731,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
200 km
- Colima
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, measured | 5,880 km²2,270 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,630 km²Wikidata · 4.5% below our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 0.3%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 28th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 731,000Wikidata, 2020 · the only figure Wikidata has; most units carry 2015 |
| Density | 124 people per km² |
| Capital | Colima |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 20°N |
| Type | StateMX-COL |
What the numbers say about Colima
- Colima covers 0.3% of the area of Mexico and ranks 31st of 32 by population, against 28th by area.
- It would take 333 states the size of Colima to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 42.2× the size of Colima; the smallest, Mexico City, is 23% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Aguascalientes (5,550 km², 1.06×) and Morelos (5,080 km², 1.16×).
- Counted as a country, Colima would be larger than 68 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 172nd by area, between Palestine (6,070 km²) and Brunei (5,720 km²).
- With 731,000 people it would rank 166th of 238 by population.
- Colima has 124 people per km², about the density of Benin, which has 122 per km².
- That makes Colima the 10th most densely populated of the 32 states, 2.02× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Wikidata holds no 2015 figure for Colima; the 2020 figure is the only one it has, so Colima is not counted the same way as the 24 states that carry 2015.
- Colima lies at 19°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, Colima stretches about 100 km north to south and 1,190 km east to west.
- Our measured 5,880 km² is 4.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,630 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai87% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.14× · 5,170 km²PeopleAlaska1.00× · 733,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim85% · 6,940 km²PeopleSikkim1.11× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBremen1.06× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)68% · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)83% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria1.07× · 5,490 km²PeopleUmbria83% · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.10× · 5,350 km²PeopleNavarre1.08× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaMie1.01× · 5,820 km²PeopleTokushima1.01× · 722,000 (2020)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.01× · 5,790 km²PeopleAmapá1.00× · 734,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.03× · 5,730 km²PeopleNew Brunswick0.94× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.36× · 540,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreaChanthaburi1.01× · 5,830 km²PeopleLampang1.00× · 729,000 (2020)
Where Colima sits in 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, 2020. 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