State of Mexico
Veracruz
Veracruz is a state of Mexico. It covers about 71,000 km² (27,400 mi²), the 12th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as the United Arab Emirates. About 8.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 71,000 km²27,400 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 71,800 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 3.6%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 12th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 8.1 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 114 people per km² |
| Capital | Xalapa |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 22°N |
| Type | StateMX-VER |
What the numbers say about Veracruz
- Veracruz covers 3.6% of the area of Mexico and ranks 3rd of 32 by population, against 12th by area.
- It would take 27.6 states the size of Veracruz to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 3.49× the size of Veracruz; the smallest, Mexico City, is 1.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Baja California Sur (72,100 km², 1.02×) and Baja California (72,900 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Veracruz would be larger than 119 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 121st by area, between the United Arab Emirates (71,100 km²) and Georgia (69,600 km²).
- With 8.1 million people it would rank 101st of 238 by population.
- Veracruz has 114 people per km², about the density of Egypt, which has 114 per km².
- That makes Veracruz the 11th most densely populated of the 32 states, 1.86× the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Veracruz 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, Veracruz stretches about 592 km north to south and 530 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 71,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,000 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.
- ChinaAreaChongqing86% · 82,400 km²PeopleNingxia1.13× · 7.2 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaSouth Carolina89% · 80,200 km²PeopleWashington State1.05× · 7.7 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaJharkhand0.91× · 77,900 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh1.18× · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.01× · 70,000 km²PeopleLower Saxony1.02× · 7.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes1.00× · 70,900 km²PeopleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes0.99× · 8.2 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLombardy81% · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha89% · 79,400 km²PeopleCatalonia1.01× · 8.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)0.90× · 78,800 km²PeopleAichi1.08× · 7.5 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaParaíba1.26× · 56,500 km²PeoplePará1.00× · 8.1 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick0.98× · 72,800 km²PeopleQuebec0.95× · 8.5 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.04× · 68,100 km²PeopleNew South Wales0.95× · 8.5 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok1.43× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Veracruz 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