State of Mexico
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí is a state of Mexico. It covers about 64,200 km² (24,800 mi²), the 15th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Latvia. About 2.7 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 64,200 km²24,800 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 61,000 km²Wikidata · 5.3% below our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 3.3%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 15th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 2.7 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 42 people per km² |
| Capital | San Luis Potosí |
| Latitude range | 21°N to 25°N |
| Type | StateMX-SLP |
What the numbers say about San Luis Potosí
- San Luis Potosí covers 3.3% of the area of Mexico and ranks 19th of 32 by population, against 15th by area.
- It would take 30.5 states the size of San Luis Potosí to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 3.86× the size of San Luis Potosí; the smallest, Mexico City, is 2.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Guerrero (64,700 km², 1.01×) and Nuevo León (65,000 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, San Luis Potosí 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 2.7 million people it would rank 140th of 238 by population.
- San Luis Potosí has 42 people per km², about the density of Belarus, which has 44 per km².
- That makes San Luis Potosí the 25th most densely populated of the 32 states, 69% of the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- San Luis Potosí lies at 23°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, San Luis Potosí stretches about 376 km north to south and 405 km east to west.
- Our measured 64,200 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 61,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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.
- ChinaAreaNingxia1.23× · 52,100 km²PeopleTibet74% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaWest Virginia1.02× · 62,700 km²PeopleKansas0.93× · 2.9 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaLadakh1.00× · 64,300 km²PeopleManipur0.95× · 2.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria0.92× · 70,000 km²PeopleBrandenburg1.07× · 2.5 million (2022)
- FranceAreaAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes0.91× · 70,900 km²PeopleBourgogne-Franche-Comté0.97× · 2.8 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleTuscany73% · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha81% · 79,400 km²PeopleGalicia1.01× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)81% · 78,800 km²PeopleHiroshima0.97× · 2.8 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaParaíba1.14× · 56,500 km²PeopleMato Grosso do Sul0.99× · 2.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick88% · 72,800 km²PeopleAlberta64% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)0.94× · 68,100 km²PeopleWestern Australia0.90× · 3.0 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.03× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where San Luis Potosí sits in Mexico
All 32 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within 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