State of Mexico
Morelos
Morelos is a state of Mexico. It covers about 5,080 km² (1,960 mi²), the 30th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Trinidad and Tobago. About 2.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 5,080 km²1,960 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,880 km²Wikidata · 4.1% below our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 0.3%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 30th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 · the only figure Wikidata has; most units carry 2015 |
| Density | 388 people per km² |
| Capital | Cuernavaca |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 19°N |
| Type | StateMX-MOR |
What the numbers say about Morelos
- Morelos covers 0.3% of the area of Mexico and ranks 23rd of 32 by population, against 30th by area.
- It would take 385 states the size of Morelos to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 48.8× the size of Morelos; the smallest, Mexico City, is 27% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Aguascalientes (5,550 km², 1.09×) and Colima (5,880 km², 1.16×).
- Counted as a country, Morelos would be larger than 65 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 175th by area, between Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²) and Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- With 2.0 million people it would rank 149th of 238 by population.
- Morelos has 388 people per km², about the density of Belgium, which has 386 per km².
- That makes Morelos the 3rd most densely populated of the 32 states, 6.31× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Wikidata holds no 2015 figure for Morelos; the 2020 figure is the only one it has, so Morelos is not counted the same way as the 24 states that carry 2015.
- Morelos 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, Morelos stretches about 88 km north to south and 91 km east to west.
- Our measured 5,080 km² is 4.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,880 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai75% · 6,750 km²PeopleTibet54% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaDelaware0.98× · 5,170 km²PeopleNebraska1.01× · 2.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim73% · 6,940 km²PeopleNagaland1.00× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.91× · 2,650 km²PeopleHamburg1.04× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)59% · 8,670 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire76% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria0.93× · 5,490 km²PeopleCalabria1.01× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands0.99× · 5,120 km²PeopleCastilla–La Mancha0.94× · 2.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreaFukuoka1.01× · 5,050 km²PeopleGifu1.00× · 2.0 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaFederal District88% · 5,790 km²PeopleSergipe89% · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island89% · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.47× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia1.04× · 1.9 million (2024)
- ThailandAreaSuphan Buri0.94× · 5,420 km²PeopleUbon Ratchathani1.06× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where Morelos 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, 2020. 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