State of Mexico
Tabasco
Tabasco is a state of Mexico. It covers about 24,100 km² (9,290 mi²), the 24th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and 95% of the size of Rwanda. About 2.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 24,100 km²9,290 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 24,700 km²Wikidata · 2.8% above our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 1.2%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 24th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 2.4 millionWikidata, 2020 · the only figure Wikidata has; most units carry 2015 |
| Density | 100 people per km² |
| Capital | Villahermosa |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 19°N |
| Type | StateMX-TAB |
What the numbers say about Tabasco
- Tabasco covers 1.2% of the area of Mexico and ranks 20th of 32 by population, against 24th by area.
- It would take 81.4 states the size of Tabasco to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 10.3× the size of Tabasco; the smallest, Mexico City, is 5.7% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: State of Mexico (21,800 km², 1.10×) and Hidalgo (21,300 km², 1.13×).
- Counted as a country, Tabasco would be larger than 90 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 150th by area, between Rwanda (25,300 km²) and Belize (22,300 km²).
- With 2.4 million people it would rank 146th of 238 by population.
- Tabasco has 100 people per km², about the density of Cuba, which has 100 per km².
- That makes Tabasco the 12th most densely populated of the 32 states, 1.62× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Wikidata holds no 2015 figure for Tabasco; the 2020 figure is the only one it has, so Tabasco is not counted the same way as the 24 states that carry 2015.
- Tabasco lies at 18°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, Tabasco stretches about 155 km north to south and 333 km east to west.
- Our measured 24,100 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 24,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaHainan71% · 33,800 km²PeopleTibet66% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaNew Hampshire0.99× · 24,300 km²PeopleNew Mexico1.13× · 2.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaMeghalaya1.04× · 23,100 km²PeopleManipur84% · 2.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaMecklenburg-Western Pomerania1.04× · 23,200 km²PeopleBrandenburg0.95× · 2.5 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany88% · 27,300 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire0.93× · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaSardinia (Italy)1.00× · 24,100 km²PeopleCalabria1.23× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community1.03× · 23,300 km²PeopleCastile and León1.01× · 2.4 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.55× · 15,500 km²PeopleMiyagi1.05× · 2.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe1.11× · 21,600 km²PeopleSergipe1.09× · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleAlberta56% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleWestern Australia80% · 3.0 million (2024)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.06× · 22,800 km²PeopleNakhon Ratchasima0.91× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Tabasco 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, 2020. 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