Autonomous community of Spain
Aragon
Aragon is an autonomous community of Spain. It covers about 47,600 km² (18,400 mi²), the 4th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities in Natural Earth’s file for Spain, and about the same size as Dominican Republic. About 1.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 47,600 km²18,400 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 47,700 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Spain | 9.4%of the area of the 19 autonomous communities and cities |
| Rank by area | 4th of 19autonomous communities and cities of Spain |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 28 people per km² |
| Capital | Zaragoza |
| Latitude range | 40°N to 43°N |
| Type | Autonomous communityES-AR |
What the numbers say about Aragon
- Aragon covers 9.4% of the area of Spain and ranks 11th of 19 by population, against 4th by area.
- It would take 10.6 autonomous communities and cities the size of Aragon to cover Spain.
- The largest, Castile and León, is 1.99× the size of Aragon; the smallest, Melilla, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Spain: Extremadura (42,100 km², 1.13×) and Catalonia (32,000 km², 1.49×).
- Counted as a country, Aragon would be larger than 108 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 132nd by area, between Dominican Republic (48,400 km²) and Estonia (45,800 km²).
- With 1.3 million people it would rank 158th of 238 by population.
- Aragon has 28 people per km², about the density of Eritrea, which has 29 per km².
- That makes Aragon the 16th most densely populated of the 19 autonomous communities and cities, 30% of the average for Spain (96 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large in area, so Aragon looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Aragon stretches about 341 km north to south and 243 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 47,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 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.
- ChinaAreaNingxia0.91× · 52,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaWest Virginia76% · 62,700 km²PeopleMaine0.99× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaPunjab0.95× · 50,400 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh0.97× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaLower Saxony1.00× · 47,600 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania86% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBourgogne-Franche-Comté0.99× · 48,000 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.53× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.84× · 25,900 km²PeopleAbruzzo1.03× · 1.3 million (2019)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)60% · 78,800 km²PeopleYamaguchi1.01× · 1.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaEspírito Santo1.04× · 45,800 km²PeopleTocantins89% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia86% · 55,100 km²PeopleManitoba1.00× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)70% · 68,100 km²PeopleSouth Australia71% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuintana Roo1.09× · 43,900 km²PeopleAguascalientes1.03× · 1.3 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleSamut Prakan1.00× · 1.4 million (2020)
Where Aragon sits in Spain
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the 3 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