State of Mexico
Puebla
Puebla is a state of Mexico. It covers about 34,600 km² (13,400 mi²), the 21st largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and 1.04× the size of Moldova. About 6.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
50 km
- Puebla
- Moldova
Facts
| Area, measured | 34,600 km²13,400 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 34,300 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 1.8%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 21st of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 178 people per km² |
| Capital | Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 21°N |
| Type | StateMX-PUE |
What the numbers say about Puebla
- Puebla covers 1.8% of the area of Mexico and ranks 5th of 32 by population, against 21st by area.
- It would take 56.6 states the size of Puebla to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 7.17× the size of Puebla; the smallest, Mexico City, is 4.0% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Yucatán (38,400 km², 1.11×) and Guanajuato (30,400 km², 1.14×).
- Counted as a country, Puebla would be larger than 102 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 138th by area, between Taiwan (36,200 km²) and Moldova (33,200 km²).
- With 6.2 million people it would rank 111th of 238 by population.
- Puebla has 178 people per km², about the density of Uganda, which has 195 per km².
- That makes Puebla the 7th most densely populated of the 32 states, 2.90× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Puebla 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, Puebla stretches about 326 km north to south and 245 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 34,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 34,600 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.
- ChinaAreaHainan1.02× · 33,800 km²PeopleQinghai1.04× · 5.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMaryland1.36× · 25,500 km²PeopleMaryland1.00× · 6.2 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaKerala0.92× · 37,700 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh90% · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.00× · 34,500 km²PeopleHesse0.99× · 6.2 million (2022)
- FranceAreaPays de la Loire1.08× · 32,100 km²PeopleNouvelle-Aquitaine1.01× · 6.1 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.34× · 25,900 km²PeopleLazio1.05× · 5.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCatalonia1.08× · 32,000 km²PeopleCommunity of Madrid88% · 7.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleChiba0.98× · 6.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaAlagoas1.25× · 27,600 km²PeopleMaranhão0.91× · 6.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia63% · 55,100 km²PeopleBritish Columbia1.23× · 5.0 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)51% · 68,100 km²PeopleQueensland1.10× · 5.6 million (2024)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.52× · 22,800 km²PeopleBangkok1.09× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Puebla sits in Mexico
All 32 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Puebla
- Missouri vs Puebla
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine vs Puebla
- Occitania vs Puebla
- Baden-Württemberg vs Puebla
- Puebla vs Moldova
- Puebla vs Guinea-Bissau
- Netherlands vs Puebla
- Puebla vs Belgium
- Republic of the Congo vs Puebla
- Denmark vs Puebla
- Finland vs Puebla
- Tasmania (Australia) vs Puebla
- Nova Scotia vs Puebla
- Puebla vs Hainan
- Puebla vs Alagoas
- Puebla vs Maryland
- Kerala vs Puebla
- Puebla vs Catalonia
- Puebla vs Pays de la Loire
- Puebla vs North Rhine-Westphalia
- Puebla vs Sicily (Italy)
- Puebla vs Chiang Mai
- Puebla vs Chiba
- Puebla vs Hesse
Share this outline
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