State of Mexico
Jalisco
Jalisco is a state of Mexico. It covers about 80,000 km² (30,900 mi²), the 6th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Czechia. About 7.8 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 80,000 km²30,900 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 78,600 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 4.1%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 6th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 7.8 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 98 people per km² |
| Capital | Guadalajara |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 23°N |
| Type | StateMX-JAL |
What the numbers say about Jalisco
- Jalisco covers 4.1% of the area of Mexico and ranks 4th of 32 by population, against 6th by area.
- It would take 24.5 states the size of Jalisco to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 3.10× the size of Jalisco; the smallest, Mexico City, is 1.7% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Tamaulipas (79,600 km², 1.01×) and Zacatecas (74,700 km², 1.07×).
- Counted as a country, Jalisco would be larger than 124 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 116th by area, between Austria (84,000 km²) and Czechia (78,800 km²).
- With 7.8 million people it would rank 101st of 238 by population.
- Jalisco has 98 people per km², about the density of Ivory Coast, which has 97 per km².
- That makes Jalisco the 13th most densely populated of the 32 states, 1.59× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Jalisco 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, Jalisco stretches about 424 km north to south and 433 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 78,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 80,000 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.
- ChinaAreaChongqing0.97× · 82,400 km²PeopleNingxia1.09× · 7.2 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaSouth Carolina1.00× · 80,200 km²PeopleWashington State1.02× · 7.7 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaAssam1.01× · 79,500 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh1.14× · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.14× · 70,000 km²PeopleLower Saxony0.99× · 7.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaFrench Guiana0.96× · 83,200 km²PeopleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes0.96× · 8.2 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLombardy78% · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha1.01× · 79,400 km²PeopleCatalonia0.98× · 8.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.02× · 78,800 km²PeopleAichi1.04× · 7.5 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSanta Catarina84% · 95,100 km²PeopleSanta Catarina1.03× · 7.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.10× · 72,800 km²PeopleQuebec0.92× · 8.5 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.17× · 68,100 km²PeopleNew South Wales0.92× · 8.5 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok1.38× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Jalisco sits in Mexico
All 32 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Jalisco
- Washington State vs Jalisco
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine vs Jalisco
- Maine vs Jalisco
- French Guiana vs Jalisco
- Chongqing vs Jalisco
- Arunachal Pradesh vs Jalisco
- South Carolina vs Jalisco
- Jalisco vs Czechia
- Jalisco vs Serbia
- Austria vs Jalisco
- Portugal vs Jalisco
- Jalisco vs Togo
- Jalisco vs Switzerland
- Jalisco vs Tasmania (Australia)
- Jalisco vs New Brunswick
- Santa Catarina vs Jalisco
- Jalisco vs Assam
- Jalisco vs Castilla–La Mancha
- Jalisco vs Hokkaido (Japan)
- Jalisco vs Bavaria
- Jalisco vs Lower Saxony
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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