Autonomous community of Spain
Galicia
Galicia is an autonomous community of Spain. It covers about 29,600 km² (11,400 mi²), the 7th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities in Natural Earth’s file for Spain, and about the same size as Armenia. About 2.7 million people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 29,600 km²11,400 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 29,600 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Spain | 5.8%of the area of the 19 autonomous communities and cities |
| Rank by area | 7th of 19autonomous communities and cities of Spain |
| Population | 2.7 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 91 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 44°N |
| Type | Autonomous communityES-GA |
What the numbers say about Galicia
- Galicia covers 5.8% of the area of Spain and ranks 5th of 19 by population, against 7th by area.
- It would take 17.1 autonomous communities and cities the size of Galicia to cover Spain.
- The largest, Castile and León, is 3.20× the size of Galicia; the smallest, Melilla, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Spain: Catalonia (32,000 km², 1.08×) and Valencian Community (23,300 km², 1.27×).
- Counted as a country, Galicia would be larger than 98 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 142nd by area, between Lesotho (30,100 km²) and Armenia (29,600 km²).
- With 2.7 million people it would rank 140th of 238 by population.
- Galicia has 91 people per km², about the density of East Timor, which has 93 per km².
- That makes Galicia the 13th most densely populated of the 19 autonomous communities and cities, 95% 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 Galicia looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Galicia stretches about 221 km north to south and 209 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 29,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 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.
- ChinaAreaHainan87% · 33,800 km²PeopleTibet74% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMaryland1.16× · 25,500 km²PeopleKansas0.92× · 2.9 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaKerala78% · 37,700 km²PeopleManipur0.95× · 2.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBrandenburg0.99× · 30,000 km²PeopleBrandenburg1.07× · 2.5 million (2022)
- FranceAreaNormandy0.98× · 30,100 km²PeopleBourgogne-Franche-Comté0.96× · 2.8 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.14× · 25,900 km²PeopleTuscany72% · 3.7 million (2019)
- JapanAreaIwate1.91× · 15,500 km²PeopleHiroshima0.97× · 2.8 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaAlagoas1.07× · 27,600 km²PeopleMato Grosso do Sul0.98× · 2.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia54% · 55,100 km²PeopleAlberta63% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleWestern Australia90% · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaGuanajuato0.97× · 30,400 km²PeopleSan Luis Potosí0.99× · 2.7 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.30× · 22,800 km²PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.03× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Galicia sits in Spain
All 19 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Galicia
- Mato Grosso do Sul vs Galicia
- San Luis Potosí vs Galicia
- Guanajuato vs Galicia
- Normandy vs Galicia
- Brandenburg vs Galicia
- Galicia vs Armenia
- Lesotho vs Galicia
- Belgium vs Galicia
- Netherlands vs Galicia
- Galicia vs Jamaica
- Uruguay vs Galicia
- Nova Scotia vs Galicia
- Hainan vs Galicia
- Galicia vs Alagoas
- Galicia vs Maryland
- Kerala vs Galicia
- Galicia vs Iwate
- Galicia vs Sicily (Italy)
- Galicia vs Chiang Mai
- Galicia vs Brittany
- Galicia vs Nayarit
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the 4 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