Autonomous community of Spain
La Rioja
La Rioja is an autonomous community of Spain. It covers about 5,330 km² (2,060 mi²), the 16th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities in Natural Earth’s file for Spain, and about the same size as Cyprus. About 324,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 5,330 km²2,060 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,050 km²Wikidata · 5.7% below our measure |
| Share of Spain | 1.1%of the area of the 19 autonomous communities and cities |
| Rank by area | 16th of 19autonomous communities and cities of Spain |
| Population | 324,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 61 people per km² |
| Capital | Logroño |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 43°N |
| Type | Autonomous communityES-RI |
What the numbers say about La Rioja
- La Rioja covers 1.1% of the area of Spain and ranks 17th of 19 by population, against 16th by area.
- It would take 95.1 autonomous communities and cities the size of La Rioja to cover Spain.
- The largest, Castile and León, is 17.8× the size of La Rioja; the smallest, Melilla, is 0.2% of it.
- Closest in size within Spain: Cantabria (5,350 km², 1.00×) and Balearic Islands (5,120 km², 1.04×).
- Counted as a country, La Rioja 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 324,000 people it would rank 178th of 238 by population.
- La Rioja has 61 people per km², about the density of Tanzania, which has 61 per km².
- That makes La Rioja the 15th most densely populated of the 19 autonomous communities and cities, 64% 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 La Rioja looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, La Rioja stretches about 81 km north to south and 118 km east to west.
- Our measured 5,330 km² is 5.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,050 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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 km²PeopleWyoming56% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim77% · 6,940 km²PeopleAndaman and Nicobar Islands0.91× · 356,000 (2005)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)62% · 8,670 km²PeopleMayotte1.01× · 321,000 (2024)
- ItalyAreaLiguria0.97× · 5,490 km²PeopleMolise1.07× · 304,000 (2019)
- JapanAreaChiba1.04× · 5,110 km²PeopleTottori59% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District0.92× · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima51% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island0.93× · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador64% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleNorthern Territory1.24× · 262,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaAguascalientes0.96× · 5,550 km²PeopleBaja California Sur51% · 637,000 (2010)
- ThailandAreaSuphan Buri0.98× · 5,420 km²PeopleSatun1.00× · 324,000 (2020)
Where La Rioja 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