Autonomous community of Spain

Murcia

Murcia is an autonomous community of Spain. It covers about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²), the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities in Natural Earth’s file for Spain, and about the same size as Qatar. About 1.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2024).

In area1.01×the size ofQatar11,200 km² In people1.12×as many people asEast Timor1.4 million

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Facts

Area, measured	11,300 km²4,370 mi²
Official area	11,300 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure
Share of Spain	2.2%of the area of the 19 autonomous communities and cities
Rank by area	9th of 19autonomous communities and cities of Spain
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	139 people per km²
Capital	Murcia City
Latitude range	37°N to 39°N
Type	Autonomous communityES-MC

What the numbers say about Murcia

Murcia covers 2.2% of the area of Spain and ranks 10th of 19 by population, against 9th by area.
It would take 44.8 autonomous communities and cities the size of Murcia to cover Spain.
The largest, Castile and León, is 8.38× the size of Murcia; the smallest, Melilla, is 0.1% of it.
Closest in size within Spain: Asturias (10,700 km², 1.06×) and Navarre (10,100 km², 1.12×).
Counted as a country, Murcia would be larger than 76 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 164th by area, between Falkland Islands (11,600 km²) and Qatar (11,200 km²).
With 1.6 million people it would rank 154th of 238 by population.
Murcia has 139 people per km², about the density of the United Arab Emirates, which has 139 per km².
That makes Murcia the 9th most densely populated of the 19 autonomous communities and cities, 1.45× the average for Spain (96 per km²).
On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large in area, so Murcia looks bigger there than it is.
Laid out flat, Murcia stretches about 153 km north to south and 144 km east to west.
Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.

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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

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