State of Mexico
Nuevo León
Nuevo León is a state of Mexico. It covers about 65,000 km² (25,100 mi²), the 13th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Lithuania. About 5.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 65,000 km²25,100 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 64,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 3.3%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 13th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 80 people per km² |
| Capital | Monterrey |
| Latitude range | 23°N to 28°N |
| Type | StateMX-NLE |
What the numbers say about Nuevo León
- Nuevo León covers 3.3% of the area of Mexico and ranks 8th of 32 by population, against 13th by area.
- It would take 30.1 states the size of Nuevo León to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 3.82× the size of Nuevo León; the smallest, Mexico City, is 2.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Guerrero (64,700 km², 1.00×) and San Luis Potosí (64,200 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Nuevo León would be larger than 116 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 124th by area, between Sri Lanka (66,300 km²) and Lithuania (64,900 km²).
- With 5.2 million people it would rank 122nd of 238 by population.
- Nuevo León has 80 people per km², about the density of Greece, which has 80 per km².
- That makes Nuevo León the 14th most densely populated of the 32 states, 1.30× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large in area, so Nuevo León looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Nuevo León stretches about 512 km north to south and 277 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 64,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 65,000 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.
- ChinaAreaNingxia1.25× · 52,100 km²PeopleQinghai88% · 5.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaWest Virginia1.04× · 62,700 km²PeopleSouth Carolina1.01× · 5.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaLadakh1.01× · 64,300 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh76% · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria0.93× · 70,000 km²PeopleHesse84% · 6.2 million (2022)
- FranceAreaAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes0.92× · 70,900 km²PeopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur1.00× · 5.2 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleSicily (Italy)1.04× · 5.0 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha82% · 79,400 km²PeopleValencian Community0.98× · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)82% · 78,800 km²PeopleFukuoka1.02× · 5.1 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaParaíba1.15× · 56,500 km²PeopleMaranhão77% · 6.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick89% · 72,800 km²PeopleBritish Columbia1.04× · 5.0 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)0.95× · 68,100 km²PeopleQueensland0.92× · 5.6 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok0.91× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Nuevo León sits in 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