State of Mexico
Michoacán
Michoacán is a state of Mexico. It covers about 58,900 km² (22,700 mi²), the 16th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and 1.04× the size of Togo. About 4.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
100 km
- Michoacán
- Togo
Facts
| Area, measured | 58,900 km²22,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 58,600 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 3.0%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 16th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 4.6 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 78 people per km² |
| Capital | Morelia |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 20°N |
| Type | StateMX-MIC |
What the numbers say about Michoacán
- Michoacán covers 3.0% of the area of Mexico and ranks 9th of 32 by population, against 16th by area.
- It would take 33.2 states the size of Michoacán to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 4.21× the size of Michoacán; the smallest, Mexico City, is 2.3% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Sinaloa (57,700 km², 1.02×) and Campeche (57,100 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Michoacán would be larger than 114 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 126th by area, between Latvia (64,600 km²) and Togo (56,900 km²).
- With 4.6 million people it would rank 128th of 238 by population.
- Michoacán has 78 people per km², about the density of Uzbekistan, which has 78 per km².
- That makes Michoacán the 15th most densely populated of the 32 states, 1.27× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Michoacán 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, Michoacán stretches about 277 km north to south and 380 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 58,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 58,900 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.
- ChinaAreaNingxia1.13× · 52,100 km²PeopleTibet1.26× · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaWest Virginia0.94× · 62,700 km²PeopleLouisiana0.98× · 4.7 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaHimachal Pradesh1.06× · 55,400 km²PeopleTripura1.25× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria84% · 70,000 km²PeopleRhineland-Palatinate1.12× · 4.1 million (2022)
- FranceAreaGrand Est1.03× · 57,400 km²PeopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur89% · 5.2 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleEmilia-Romagna1.03× · 4.5 million (2019)
- SpainAreaAragon1.24× · 47,600 km²PeopleValencian Community86% · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)75% · 78,800 km²PeopleFukuoka90% · 5.1 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaParaíba1.04× · 56,500 km²PeopleParaíba1.15× · 4.0 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia1.07× · 55,100 km²PeopleAlberta1.08× · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)86% · 68,100 km²PeopleQueensland82% · 5.6 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok81% · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Michoacán 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