Autonomous community of Spain
Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid is an autonomous community of Spain. It covers about 8,000 km² (3,090 mi²), the 12th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities in Natural Earth’s file for Spain, and 80% of the size of Lebanon. About 7.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 8,000 km²3,090 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 8,030 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Spain | 1.6%of the area of the 19 autonomous communities and cities |
| Rank by area | 12th of 19autonomous communities and cities of Spain |
| Population | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 875 people per km² |
| Capital | Madrid |
| Latitude range | 40°N to 41°N |
| Type | Autonomous communityES-MD |
What the numbers say about Community of Madrid
- Community of Madrid covers 1.6% of the area of Spain and ranks 3rd of 19 by population, against 12th by area.
- It would take 63.4 autonomous communities and cities the size of Community of Madrid to cover Spain.
- The largest, Castile and León, is 11.8× the size of Community of Madrid; the smallest, Melilla, is 0.2% of it.
- Closest in size within Spain: Canary Islands (7,440 km², 1.08×) and Basque Country (7,060 km², 1.13×).
- Counted as a country, Community of Madrid would be larger than 70 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 170th by area, between Puerto Rico (9,010 km²) and French Southern and Antarctic Lands (6,990 km²).
- With 7.0 million people it would rank 106th of 238 by population.
- Community of Madrid has 875 people per km², about the density of Mauritius, which has 628 per km².
- That makes Community of Madrid the 3rd most densely populated of the 19 autonomous communities and cities, 9.14× the average for Spain (96 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large in area, so Community of Madrid looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Community of Madrid stretches about 141 km north to south and 128 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 8,030 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,000 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai1.19× · 6,750 km²PeopleNingxia0.97× · 7.2 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.55× · 5,170 km²PeopleMassachusetts1.00× · 7.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaAndaman and Nicobar Islands1.13× · 7,110 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh1.02× · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein52% · 15,400 km²PeopleHesse1.13× · 6.2 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)0.92× · 8,670 km²PeopleNouvelle-Aquitaine1.15× · 6.1 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaUmbria0.94× · 8,500 km²PeopleLazio1.19× · 5.9 million (2019)
- JapanAreaMiyazaki1.02× · 7,860 km²PeopleSaitama0.95× · 7.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.38× · 5,790 km²PeopleGoiás0.99× · 7.1 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.40× · 5,730 km²PeopleQuebec82% · 8.5 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleVictoria1.00× · 7.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaColima1.36× · 5,880 km²PeopleJalisco89% · 7.8 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaRoi Et1.04× · 7,720 km²PeopleBangkok1.23× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Community of Madrid 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