State of Mexico
Zacatecas
Zacatecas is a state of Mexico. It covers about 74,700 km² (28,900 mi²), the 8th largest of the 32 states in Natural Earth’s file for Mexico, and about the same size as Panama. About 1.7 million people live there (Wikidata, 2015).
200 km
- Zacatecas
- Panama
Facts
| Area, measured | 74,700 km²28,900 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 75,500 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Mexico | 3.8%of the area of the 32 states |
| Rank by area | 8th of 32states of Mexico |
| Population | 1.7 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Density | 23 people per km² |
| Capital | Zacatecas |
| Latitude range | 21°N to 25°N |
| Type | StateMX-ZAC |
What the numbers say about Zacatecas
- Zacatecas covers 3.8% of the area of Mexico and ranks 26th of 32 by population, against 8th by area.
- It would take 26.2 states the size of Zacatecas to cover Mexico.
- The largest, Chihuahua, is 3.32× the size of Zacatecas; the smallest, Mexico City, is 1.8% of it.
- Closest in size within Mexico: Chiapas (73,400 km², 1.02×) and Baja California (72,900 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Zacatecas would be larger than 122 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 118th by area, between Serbia (77,600 km²) and Panama (74,500 km²).
- With 1.7 million people it would rank 153rd of 238 by population.
- Zacatecas has 23 people per km², about the density of the Solomon Islands, which has 22 per km².
- That makes Zacatecas the 26th most densely populated of the 32 states, 37% of the average for Mexico (61 per km²).
- Zacatecas lies at 23°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, Zacatecas stretches about 459 km north to south and 357 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 75,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 74,700 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.
- ChinaAreaChongqing0.91× · 82,400 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaSouth Carolina0.93× · 80,200 km²PeopleWest Virginia0.94× · 1.8 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaJharkhand0.96× · 77,900 km²PeopleGoa1.16× · 1.5 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.07× · 70,000 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania1.08× · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaOccitania1.02× · 73,500 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire65% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleSardinia (Italy)1.04× · 1.6 million (2020)
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha0.94× · 79,400 km²PeopleMurcia1.08× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)0.95× · 78,800 km²PeopleKumamoto0.98× · 1.7 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSanta Catarina79% · 95,100 km²PeopleRondônia1.07× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.03× · 72,800 km²PeopleManitoba1.26× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.10× · 68,100 km²PeopleSouth Australia89% · 1.9 million (2024)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleChiang Mai0.95× · 1.8 million (2020)
Where Zacatecas sits in Mexico
All 32 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Zacatecas
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- Serbia vs Zacatecas
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- Austria vs Zacatecas
- Zacatecas vs North Macedonia
- Zacatecas vs Tasmania (Australia)
- Zacatecas vs New Brunswick
- Chongqing vs Zacatecas
- Santa Catarina vs Zacatecas
- South Carolina vs Zacatecas
- Jharkhand vs Zacatecas
- Castilla–La Mancha vs Zacatecas
- Zacatecas vs Occitania
- Hokkaido (Japan) vs Zacatecas
- Zacatecas vs Bavaria
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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