Federal entity of Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico City is a federal entity of Mexico. It covers about 1,380 km² (531 mi²), the 32nd largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and 82% of the size of the Comoros. About 8.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 1,380 km²531 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 1,490 km²Wikidata · 7.4% above our measure |
| Share of Mexico | less than 0.1%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 32nd of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 8.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 6,486 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 20°N |
| Type | Federal entity |
What the numbers say about Mexico City
- Mexico City covers less than 0.1% of the area of Mexico and ranks 2nd of 32 by population, against 32nd by area.
- It would take 1,424 states the size of Mexico City to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 180× the size of Mexico City, the smallest of the 32.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Tlaxcala (3,870 km², 2.82×) and Morelos (5,080 km², 3.69×).
- Counted as a country, Mexico City would be larger than 57 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 183rd by area, between the Comoros (1,670 km²) and Faroe Islands (1,330 km²).
- With 8.9 million people it would rank 100th of 238 by population.
- Mexico City has 6,486 people per km².
- That makes Mexico City the most densely populated of the 32 states, 105× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Mexico City has 734× the density of Baja California Sur, the least crowded of the 32: 6,486 against 8.8 people per km².
- Mexico City 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, Mexico City stretches about 57 km north to south and 42 km east to west.
- Our measured 1,380 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,490 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Mexico City is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 42 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
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.
- ChinaAreanone within 2×PeopleHainan88% · 10.1 million (2020)
- United StatesAreanone within 2×PeopleVirginia1.03× · 8.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaDelhi0.93× · 1,480 km²PeopleUttarakhand88% · 10.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBerlin1.55× · 889 km²PeopleLower Saxony1.12× · 7.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaGuadeloupe83% · 1,660 km²PeopleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes1.09× · 8.2 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLombardy89% · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleAndalusia1.03× · 8.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaKagawa74% · 1,850 km²PeopleOsaka1.01× · 8.8 million (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleCeará1.01× · 8.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleQuebec1.05× · 8.5 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory59% · 2,350 km²PeopleNew South Wales1.04× · 8.5 million (2024)
- ThailandAreaPathum Thani0.93× · 1,480 km²PeopleBangkok1.57× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Mexico City 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