State of Mexico
Sinaloa
Sinaloa is a state of Mexico. It covers about 57,700 km² (22,300 mi²), the 17th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Togo. About 3.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
100 km
- Sinaloa
- Togo
Facts
| Area, measured | 57,700 km²22,300 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 57,400 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 2.9%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 17th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 51 people per km² |
| Capital | Culiacán |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 27°N |
| Type | StateMX-SIN |
What the numbers say about Sinaloa
- Sinaloa covers 2.9% of the area of Mexico and ranks 15th of 32 by population, against 17th by area.
- It would take 33.9 states the size of Sinaloa to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 4.30× the size of Sinaloa; the smallest, Mexico City, is 2.4% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Campeche (57,100 km², 1.01×) and Michoacán (58,900 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Sinaloa 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 3.0 million people it would rank 137th of 238 by population.
- Sinaloa has 51 people per km², about the density of South Africa, which has 51 per km².
- That makes Sinaloa the 19th most densely populated of the 32 states, 84% of the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large in area, so Sinaloa looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Sinaloa stretches about 514 km north to south and 410 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,700 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.
- ChinaAreaNingxia1.11× · 52,100 km²PeopleTibet81% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaWest Virginia0.92× · 62,700 km²PeopleMississippi1.00× · 3.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaHimachal Pradesh1.04× · 55,400 km²PeopleMeghalaya1.00× · 3.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaLower Saxony1.21× · 47,600 km²PeopleSchleswig-Holstein1.00× · 3.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaGrand Est1.01× · 57,400 km²PeopleBourgogne-Franche-Comté1.06× · 2.8 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleTuscany80% · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreaAragon1.21× · 47,600 km²PeopleGalicia1.10× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)73% · 78,800 km²PeopleIbaraki1.04× · 2.9 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaParaíba1.02× · 56,500 km²PeopleFederal District1.05× · 2.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia1.05× · 55,100 km²PeopleAlberta70% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)85% · 68,100 km²PeopleWestern Australia0.99× · 3.0 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.13× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Sinaloa 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, 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