State of Mexico
Durango
Durango is a state of Mexico. It covers about 121,000 km² (46,700 mi²), the 4th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as North Korea. About 1.8 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 121,000 km²46,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 123,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 6.2%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 4th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 14 people per km² |
| Capital | Victoria de Durango |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 27°N |
| Type | StateMX-DUR |
What the numbers say about Durango
- Durango covers 6.2% of the area of Mexico and ranks 25th of 32 by population, against 4th by area.
- It would take 16.2 states the size of Durango to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 2.05× the size of Durango; the smallest, Mexico City, is 1.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Coahuila (151,000 km², 1.25×) and Oaxaca (92,200 km², 1.31×).
- Counted as a country, Durango would be larger than 139 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 101st by area, between North Korea (122,000 km²) and Malawi (119,000 km²).
- With 1.8 million people it would rank 153rd of 238 by population.
- Durango has 14 people per km², about the density of Norway, which has 15 per km².
- That makes Durango the 30th most densely populated of the 32 states, 24% of the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Durango lies at 25°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, Durango stretches about 503 km north to south and 468 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 123,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 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.
- ChinaAreaFujian1.00× · 121,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaLouisiana1.01× · 120,000 km²PeopleWest Virginia0.98× · 1.8 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTelangana1.05× · 115,000 km²PeopleNagaland89% · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.73× · 70,000 km²PeopleHamburg0.93× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.42× · 85,000 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire68% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleSardinia (Italy)1.08× · 1.6 million (2020)
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.28× · 94,800 km²PeopleMurcia1.12× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.54× · 78,800 km²PeopleMie0.99× · 1.8 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaAmapá87% · 139,000 km²PeopleRondônia1.11× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.66× · 72,800 km²PeopleManitoba1.31× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.78× · 68,100 km²PeopleSouth Australia0.93× · 1.9 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleChiang Mai0.98× · 1.8 million (2020)
Where Durango sits in Mexico
All 32 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
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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