State of the United States
Hawaii
Hawaii is a state of the United States. It covers about 16,800 km² (6,510 mi²), the 47th largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and about the same size as Eswatini. About 1.5 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 16,800 km²6,510 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 28,300 km²Wikidata · 40% above our measure |
| Share of the United States | 0.2%of the area of the 51 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 47th of 51states and districts of the United States |
| Population | 1.5 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 86 people per km² |
| Capital | Honolulu |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 28°N |
| Type | StateUS-HI |
What the numbers say about Hawaii
- Hawaii covers 0.2% of the area of the United States and ranks 40th of 51 by population, against 47th by area.
- It would take 562 states and districts the size of Hawaii to cover the United States.
- Hawaii holds 0.4% of the 331.4 million people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 51 states and districts together: about 1 in 228.
- The largest, Alaska, is 89.3× the size of Hawaii; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is 1.0% of it.
- Closest in size within the United States: New Jersey (19,700 km², 1.17×) and Massachusetts (21,200 km², 1.26×).
- Counted as a country, Hawaii would be larger than 81 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 159th by area, between Eswatini (17,100 km²) and East Timor (15,100 km²).
- With 1.5 million people it would rank 155th of 238 by population.
- Hawaii has 86 people per km², about the density of Senegal, which has 86 per km².
- That makes Hawaii the 13th most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 2.47× the average for the United States (35 per km²).
- Hawaii lies at 20°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Hawaii stretches about 373 km north to south and 563 km east to west.
- Our measured 16,800 km² is 40% below Wikidata's official figure of 28,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.04× · 16,300 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- IndiaAreaNagaland1.04× · 16,300 km²PeopleGoa1.00× · 1.5 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaThuringia1.05× · 16,100 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania0.93× · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.39× · 12,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.65× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLazio0.99× · 17,000 km²PeopleMarche0.96× · 1.5 million (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community72% · 23,300 km²PeopleAragon1.08× · 1.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.09× · 15,500 km²PeopleOkinawa1.00× · 1.5 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe78% · 21,600 km²PeopleTocantins0.96× · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.08× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia77% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaHidalgo79% · 21,300 km²PeopleAguascalientes1.11× · 1.3 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaTak1.03× · 16,400 km²PeopleSisaket1.00× · 1.5 million (2020)
Where Hawaii ranks
Hawaii is the 47th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- 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, 2020. United States’s units share the 2020 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