State of Mexico
Nayarit
Nayarit is a state of Mexico. It covers about 27,200 km² (10,500 mi²), the 23rd largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as the Solomon Islands. About 1.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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- Nayarit
Facts
| Area, measured | 27,200 km²10,500 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 27,900 km²Wikidata · 2.5% above our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 1.4%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 23rd of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 45 people per km² |
| Capital | Tepic |
| Latitude range | 21°N to 23°N |
| Type | StateMX-NAY |
What the numbers say about Nayarit
- Nayarit covers 1.4% of the area of Mexico and ranks 29th of 32 by population, against 23rd by area.
- It would take 72.1 states the size of Nayarit to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 9.13× the size of Nayarit; the smallest, Mexico City, is 5.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Guanajuato (30,400 km², 1.12×) and Tabasco (24,100 km², 1.13×).
- Counted as a country, Nayarit would be larger than 95 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 145th by area, between the Solomon Islands (27,200 km²) and Burundi (27,000 km²).
- With 1.2 million people it would rank 161st of 238 by population.
- Nayarit has 45 people per km², about the density of Montenegro, which has 45 per km².
- That makes Nayarit the 21st most densely populated of the 32 states, 73% of the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Nayarit lies at 22°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
- Laid out flat, Nayarit stretches about 261 km north to south and 284 km east to west.
- Our measured 27,200 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 27,900 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.
- ChinaAreaHainan80% · 33,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaMaryland1.07× · 25,500 km²PeopleMaine90% · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaMeghalaya1.17× · 23,100 km²PeopleMizoram1.12× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBrandenburg0.90× · 30,000 km²PeopleSaarland1.22× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany0.99× · 27,300 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.39× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.05× · 25,900 km²PeopleFriuli-Venezia Giulia1.01× · 1.2 million (2019)
- SpainAreaGalicia0.92× · 29,600 km²PeopleBalearic Islands1.04× · 1.2 million (2022)
- JapanAreaIwate1.76× · 15,500 km²PeopleAomori0.99× · 1.2 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaAlagoas0.98× · 27,600 km²PeopleTocantins81% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleSaskatchewan1.08× · 1.1 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia65% · 1.9 million (2024)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.19× · 22,800 km²PeoplePathum Thani1.04× · 1.2 million (2020)
Where Nayarit sits in Mexico
All 32 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Nayarit
- Alagoas vs Nayarit
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- Nayarit vs Burundi
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- Nayarit vs Eswatini
- Albania vs Nayarit
- Hainan vs Nayarit
- Nayarit vs Maryland
- Nayarit vs Meghalaya
- Galicia vs Nayarit
- Nayarit vs Iwate
- Brandenburg vs Nayarit
- Nayarit vs Sicily (Italy)
- Nayarit vs Chiang Mai
- Nayarit vs Aomori
- Nayarit vs Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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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