Autonomous community of Spain
Asturias
Asturias is an autonomous community of Spain. It covers about 10,700 km² (4,120 mi²), the 10th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities in Natural Earth’s file for Spain, and about the same size as the Gambia. About 1.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 10,700 km²4,120 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 10,600 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Spain | 2.1%of the area of the 19 autonomous communities and cities |
| Rank by area | 10th of 19autonomous communities and cities of Spain |
| Population | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 94 people per km² |
| Capital | Oviedo City |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 44°N |
| Type | Autonomous communityES-AS |
What the numbers say about Asturias
- Asturias covers 2.1% of the area of Spain and ranks 14th of 19 by population, against 10th by area.
- It would take 47.5 autonomous communities and cities the size of Asturias to cover Spain.
- The largest, Castile and León, is 8.88× the size of Asturias; the smallest, Melilla, is 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Spain: Navarre (10,100 km², 1.06×) and Murcia (11,300 km², 1.06×).
- Counted as a country, Asturias would be larger than 73 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 167th by area, between Kosovo (10,900 km²) and the Gambia (10,500 km²).
- With 1.0 million people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Asturias has 94 people per km², about the density of Spain, which has 96 per km².
- That makes Asturias the 12th most densely populated of the 19 autonomous communities and cities, 99% of the average for Spain (96 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large in area, so Asturias looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Asturias stretches about 85 km north to south and 215 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin0.93× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut84% · 12,700 km²PeopleDelaware1.02× · 990,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura0.99× · 10,700 km²PeopleChandigarh0.96× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein69% · 15,400 km²PeopleSaarland1.00× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France88% · 12,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.14× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaAbruzzo0.98× · 10,900 km²PeopleTrentino-Alto Adige0.94× · 1.1 million (2019)
- JapanAreaGifu1.00× · 10,700 km²PeopleToyama0.98× · 1.0 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.84× · 5,790 km²PeopleAcre1.21× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.86× · 5,730 km²PeopleNova Scotia1.04× · 969,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.87× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro0.91× · 11,700 km²PeopleCampeche1.09× · 928,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreaKhon Kaen1.00× · 10,700 km²PeoplePhetchabun1.03× · 982,000 (2020)
Where Asturias sits in Spain
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the one province in the file that makes up this autonomous community, so nothing is joined.
- 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