State of the United States
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state of the United States. It covers about 24,300 km² (9,370 mi²), the 44th largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and 96% of the size of Rwanda. About 1.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 24,300 km²9,370 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 24,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of the United States | 0.3%of the area of the 51 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 44th of 51states and districts of the United States |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 57 people per km² |
| Capital | Concord |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 45°N |
| Type | StateUS-NH |
What the numbers say about New Hampshire
- New Hampshire covers 0.3% of the area of the United States and ranks 41st of 51 by population, against 44th by area.
- It would take 390 states and districts the size of New Hampshire to cover the United States.
- New Hampshire 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 241.
- The largest, Alaska, is 62.0× the size of New Hampshire; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is 0.7% of it.
- Closest in size within the United States: Vermont (24,600 km², 1.02×) and Maryland (25,500 km², 1.05×).
- Counted as a country, New Hampshire would be larger than 90 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 150th by area, between Rwanda (25,300 km²) and Belize (22,300 km²).
- With 1.4 million people it would rank 156th of 238 by population.
- New Hampshire has 57 people per km², about the density of Guinea-Bissau, which has 57 per km².
- That makes New Hampshire the 21st most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 1.62× the average for the United States (35 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large in area, so New Hampshire looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, New Hampshire stretches about 289 km north to south and 150 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 24,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,300 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.
- ChinaAreaHainan72% · 33,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- IndiaAreaMeghalaya1.05× · 23,100 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh1.00× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaMecklenburg-Western Pomerania1.05× · 23,200 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania88% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany89% · 27,300 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.56× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaSardinia (Italy)1.01× · 24,100 km²PeopleAbruzzo1.05× · 1.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community1.04× · 23,300 km²PeopleAragon1.02× · 1.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.57× · 15,500 km²PeopleShiga0.98× · 1.4 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe1.12× · 21,600 km²PeopleTocantins0.91× · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.03× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia73% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaTabasco1.01× · 24,100 km²PeopleAguascalientes1.05× · 1.3 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.07× · 22,800 km²PeopleSurin1.00× · 1.4 million (2020)
Where New Hampshire ranks
New Hampshire is the 44th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States.
Ranked within the United States
- 41West Virginia62,700 km²
- 42Maryland25,500 km²
- 43Vermont24,600 km²
- 44New Hampshire24,300 km²
- 45Massachusetts21,200 km²
- 46New Jersey19,700 km²
- 47Hawaii16,800 km²
All 51 states and districts of the United States, matched to countries
Compare New Hampshire
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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