State of the United States
Missouri
Missouri is a state of the United States. It covers about 180,000 km² (69,700 mi²), the 20th largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and about the same size as Cambodia. About 6.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 180,000 km²69,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 181,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of the United States | 1.9%of the area of the 51 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 20th of 51states and districts of the United States |
| Population | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 34 people per km² |
| Capital | Jefferson City |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 41°N |
| Type | StateUS-MO |
What the numbers say about Missouri
- Missouri covers 1.9% of the area of the United States and ranks 19th of 51 by population, against 20th by area.
- It would take 52.4 states and districts the size of Missouri to cover the United States.
- Missouri holds 1.9% of the 331.4 million people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 51 states and districts together: about 1 in 54.
- The largest, Alaska, is 8.34× the size of Missouri; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within the United States: Oklahoma (181,000 km², 1.00×) and North Dakota (183,000 km², 1.01×).
- Counted as a country, Missouri would be larger than 150 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 90th by area, between Cambodia (181,000 km²) and Uruguay (177,000 km²).
- With 6.2 million people it would rank 111th of 238 by population.
- Missouri has 34 people per km², about the density of Venezuela, which has 34 per km².
- That makes Missouri the 29th most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 97% of the average for the United States (35 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large in area, so Missouri looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Missouri stretches about 516 km north to south and 576 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 181,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 180,000 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.
- ChinaAreaHubei0.97× · 186,000 km²PeopleQinghai1.04× · 5.9 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaGujarat0.98× · 184,000 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh90% · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleHesse0.99× · 6.2 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleNouvelle-Aquitaine1.01× · 6.1 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLazio1.05× · 5.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.90× · 94,800 km²PeopleCommunity of Madrid88% · 7.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleChiba0.98× · 6.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaParaná0.91× · 199,000 km²PeopleMaranhão0.91× · 6.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleBritish Columbia1.23× · 5.0 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria79% · 228,000 km²PeopleQueensland1.10× · 5.6 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaSonora1.01× · 179,000 km²PeoplePuebla1.00× · 6.2 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok1.08× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Missouri ranks
Missouri is the 20th 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