State of Mexico
Guanajuato
Guanajuato is a state of Mexico. It covers about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²), the 22nd largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Belgium. About 5.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 30,400 km²11,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 30,600 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 1.6%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 22nd of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 192 people per km² |
| Capital | Guanajuato |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 22°N |
| Type | StateMX-GUA |
What the numbers say about Guanajuato
- Guanajuato covers 1.6% of the area of Mexico and ranks 6th of 32 by population, against 22nd by area.
- It would take 64.4 states the size of Guanajuato to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 8.15× the size of Guanajuato; the smallest, Mexico City, is 4.5% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Nayarit (27,200 km², 1.12×) and Puebla (34,600 km², 1.14×).
- Counted as a country, Guanajuato would be larger than 99 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 141st by area, between Belgium (30,700 km²) and Lesotho (30,100 km²).
- With 5.9 million people it would rank 115th of 238 by population.
- Guanajuato has 192 people per km², about the density of Uganda, which has 195 per km².
- That makes Guanajuato the 6th most densely populated of the 32 states, 3.13× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Guanajuato lies at 21°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, Guanajuato stretches about 218 km north to south and 248 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 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.
- ChinaAreaHainan90% · 33,800 km²PeopleQinghai0.99× · 5.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMaryland1.19× · 25,500 km²PeopleWisconsin0.99× · 5.9 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaKerala81% · 37,700 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh85% · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBrandenburg1.01× · 30,000 km²PeopleHesse0.94× · 6.2 million (2022)
- FranceAreaNormandy1.01× · 30,100 km²PeopleHauts-de-France0.98× · 6.0 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.18× · 25,900 km²PeopleLazio1.00× · 5.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaGalicia1.03× · 29,600 km²PeopleValencian Community1.10× · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.97× · 15,500 km²PeopleChiba0.93× · 6.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaAlagoas1.10× · 27,600 km²PeopleMaranhão86% · 6.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia55% · 55,100 km²PeopleBritish Columbia1.17× · 5.0 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleQueensland1.04× · 5.6 million (2024)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.34× · 22,800 km²PeopleBangkok1.03× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Guanajuato 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, 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