State of Mexico
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas is a state of Mexico. It covers about 79,600 km² (30,700 mi²), the 7th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Czechia. About 3.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 79,600 km²30,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 80,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 4.1%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 7th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 43 people per km² |
| Capital | Ciudad Victoria |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 28°N |
| Type | StateMX-TAM |
What the numbers say about Tamaulipas
- Tamaulipas covers 4.1% of the area of Mexico and ranks 13th of 32 by population, against 7th by area.
- It would take 24.6 states the size of Tamaulipas to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 3.12× the size of Tamaulipas; the smallest, Mexico City, is 1.7% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Jalisco (80,000 km², 1.01×) and Zacatecas (74,700 km², 1.07×).
- Counted as a country, Tamaulipas would be larger than 124 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 116th by area, between Austria (84,000 km²) and Czechia (78,800 km²).
- With 3.4 million people it would rank 135th of 238 by population.
- Tamaulipas has 43 people per km², about the density of Belarus, which has 44 per km².
- That makes Tamaulipas the 22nd most densely populated of the 32 states, 70% of the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Tamaulipas lies at 24°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, Tamaulipas stretches about 606 km north to south and 302 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 80,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,600 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.
- ChinaAreaChongqing0.97× · 82,400 km²PeopleTibet0.94× · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaSouth Carolina0.99× · 80,200 km²PeopleConnecticut0.95× · 3.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaAssam1.00× · 79,500 km²PeopleTripura0.94× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.14× · 70,000 km²PeopleBerlin0.92× · 3.8 million (2022)
- FranceAreaFrench Guiana0.96× · 83,200 km²PeopleBrittany1.01× · 3.4 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleTuscany0.92× · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha1.00× · 79,400 km²PeopleGalicia1.27× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.01× · 78,800 km²PeopleShizuoka0.95× · 3.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSanta Catarina84% · 95,100 km²PeopleRio Grande do Norte1.04× · 3.3 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.09× · 72,800 km²PeopleAlberta81% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.17× · 68,100 km²PeopleWestern Australia1.14× · 3.0 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.31× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Tamaulipas sits in Mexico
All 32 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Mexico
Compare Tamaulipas
- Tamaulipas vs Czechia
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- Tamaulipas vs Ireland
- Uruguay vs Tamaulipas
- Tamaulipas vs Tasmania (Australia)
- Tamaulipas vs New Brunswick
- Chongqing vs Tamaulipas
- Santa Catarina vs Tamaulipas
- South Carolina vs Tamaulipas
- Tamaulipas vs Assam
- Tamaulipas vs Castilla–La Mancha
- French Guiana vs Tamaulipas
- Tamaulipas vs Hokkaido (Japan)
- Tamaulipas vs Bavaria
- Tamaulipas vs Brittany
- Tamaulipas vs Jharkhand
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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