Autonomous community of Spain
Andalusia
Andalusia is an autonomous community of Spain. It covers about 87,700 km² (33,900 mi²), the 2nd largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities in Natural Earth’s file for Spain, and about the same size as Jordan. About 8.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 87,700 km²33,900 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 87,300 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Spain | 17%of the area of the 19 autonomous communities and cities |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 19autonomous communities and cities of Spain |
| Population | 8.6 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 98 people per km² |
| Capital | Seville |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 39°N |
| Type | Autonomous communityES-AN |
What the numbers say about Andalusia
- Andalusia covers 17% of the area of Spain and ranks 1st of 19 by population, against 2nd by area.
- It would take 5.78 autonomous communities and cities the size of Andalusia to cover Spain.
- The largest, Castile and León, is 1.08× the size of Andalusia; the smallest, Melilla, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Spain: Castile and León (94,800 km², 1.08×) and Castilla–La Mancha (79,400 km², 1.10×).
- Counted as a country, Andalusia would be larger than 126 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 114th by area, between Jordan (88,900 km²) and Azerbaijan (86,200 km²).
- With 8.6 million people it would rank 100th of 238 by population.
- Andalusia has 98 people per km², about the density of Armenia, which has 99 per km².
- That makes Andalusia the 11th most densely populated of the 19 autonomous communities and cities, 1.03× the average for Spain (96 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large in area, so Andalusia looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Andalusia stretches about 302 km north to south and 519 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 87,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 87,700 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.
- ChinaAreaChongqing1.06× · 82,400 km²PeopleHainan86% · 10.1 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMaine1.04× · 84,300 km²PeopleVirginia1.00× · 8.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaWest Bengal1.02× · 86,400 km²PeopleUttarakhand85% · 10.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.25× · 70,000 km²PeopleLower Saxony1.09× · 7.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.03× · 85,000 km²PeopleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes1.06× · 8.2 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLombardy86% · 10.1 million (2019)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.11× · 78,800 km²PeopleOsaka0.98× · 8.8 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSanta Catarina0.92× · 95,100 km²PeopleCeará0.98× · 8.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.20× · 72,800 km²PeopleQuebec1.01× · 8.5 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.29× · 68,100 km²PeopleNew South Wales1.01× · 8.5 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaOaxaca0.95× · 92,200 km²PeopleMexico City0.97× · 8.9 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok1.52× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Andalusia sits in Spain
All 19 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: the 8 provinces of this autonomous community in the file, joined along their shared borders.
- 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, 2024. Spain’s units share the 2024 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