State of Mexico
State of Mexico
State of Mexico is a state of Mexico. It covers about 21,800 km² (8,430 mi²), the 25th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Djibouti. About 16.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 21,800 km²8,430 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 22,400 km²Wikidata · 2.4% above our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 1.1%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 25th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 16.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 742 people per km² |
| Capital | Toluca de Lerdo |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 20°N |
| Type | StateMX-MEX |
What the numbers say about State of Mexico
- State of Mexico covers 1.1% of the area of Mexico and ranks 1st of 32 by population, against 25th by area.
- It would take 89.7 states the size of State of Mexico to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 11.4× the size of State of Mexico; the smallest, Mexico City, is 6.3% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Hidalgo (21,300 km², 1.02×) and Tabasco (24,100 km², 1.10×).
- Counted as a country, State of Mexico would be larger than 87 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 153rd by area, between Djibouti (21,800 km²) and El Salvador (20,500 km²).
- With 16.2 million people it would rank 74th of 238 by population.
- State of Mexico has 742 people per km², about the density of Mauritius, which has 628 per km².
- That makes State of Mexico the 2nd most densely populated of the 32 states, 12.1× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- State of Mexico 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, State of Mexico stretches about 213 km north to south and 213 km east to west.
- Our measured 21,800 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.34× · 16,300 km²PeopleTianjin1.17× · 13.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMassachusetts1.03× · 21,200 km²PeoplePennsylvania1.24× · 13.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaManipur1.01× · 21,700 km²PeopleDelhi0.96× · 16.8 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaHesse1.04× · 21,000 km²PeopleNorth Rhine-Westphalia0.90× · 17.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany80% · 27,300 km²PeopleÎle-de-France1.31× · 12.4 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaEmilia-Romagna0.97× · 22,500 km²PeopleLombardy1.61× · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community0.94× · 23,300 km²PeopleAndalusia1.88× · 8.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.41× · 15,500 km²PeopleTokyo1.13× · 14.3 million (2022)
- BrazilAreaSergipe1.01× · 21,600 km²PeopleRio de Janeiro1.01× · 16.1 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleOntario1.14× · 14.2 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleNew South Wales1.89× · 8.5 million (2024)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai0.96× · 22,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where State of Mexico 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