Autonomous community of Spain
Cantabria
Cantabria is an autonomous community of Spain. It covers about 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²), the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities in Natural Earth’s file for Spain, and about the same size as Cyprus. About 592,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 5,350 km²2,060 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,320 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Spain | 1.1%of the area of the 19 autonomous communities and cities |
| Rank by area | 15th of 19autonomous communities and cities of Spain |
| Population | 592,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 111 people per km² |
| Capital | Santander |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 44°N |
| Type | Autonomous communityES-CB |
What the numbers say about Cantabria
- Cantabria covers 1.1% of the area of Spain and ranks 16th of 19 by population, against 15th by area.
- It would take 94.8 autonomous communities and cities the size of Cantabria to cover Spain.
- The largest, Castile and León, is 17.7× the size of Cantabria; the smallest, Melilla, is 0.2% of it.
- Closest in size within Spain: La Rioja (5,330 km², 1.00×) and Balearic Islands (5,120 km², 1.05×).
- Counted as a country, Cantabria would be larger than 66 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 174th by area, between Cyprus (5,400 km²) and Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
- With 592,000 people it would rank 170th of 238 by population.
- Cantabria has 111 people per km², about the density of Slovakia, which has 112 per km².
- That makes Cantabria the 10th most densely populated of the 19 autonomous communities and cities, 1.16× 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 Cantabria looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Cantabria stretches about 84 km north to south and 137 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai79% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.03× · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming1.03× · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim77% · 6,940 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu1.01× · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBremen85% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)62% · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)67% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria0.97× · 5,490 km²PeopleBasilicata1.05× · 563,000 (2019)
- JapanAreaChiba1.05× · 5,110 km²PeopleTottori1.08× · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District0.92× · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima0.93× · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island0.93× · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador1.16× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.10× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaAguascalientes0.96× · 5,550 km²PeopleBaja California Sur0.93× · 637,000 (2010)
- ThailandAreaSuphan Buri0.99× · 5,420 km²PeopleSukhothai1.01× · 588,000 (2020)
Where Cantabria 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 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