State of the United States
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state of the United States. It covers about 315,000 km² (122,000 mi²), the 5th largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and about the same size as Poland. About 2.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 315,000 km²122,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 315,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of the United States | 3.3%of the area of the 51 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 5th of 51states and districts of the United States |
| Population | 2.1 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 6.7 people per km² |
| Capital | Santa Fe |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 37°N |
| Type | StateUS-NM |
What the numbers say about New Mexico
- New Mexico covers 3.3% of the area of the United States and ranks 36th of 51 by population, against 5th by area.
- It would take 30.0 states and districts the size of New Mexico to cover the United States.
- New Mexico holds 0.6% of the 331.4 million people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 51 states and districts together: about 1 in 157.
- The largest, Alaska, is 4.78× the size of New Mexico; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within the United States: Arizona (295,000 km², 1.07×) and Nevada (287,000 km², 1.10×).
- Counted as a country, New Mexico would be larger than 170 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 70th by area, between Ivory Coast (321,000 km²) and Poland (313,000 km²).
- With 2.1 million people it would rank 146th of 238 by population.
- New Mexico has 6.7 people per km², about the density of Kazakhstan, which has 7.4 per km².
- That makes New Mexico the 46th most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 19% of the average for the United States (35 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so New Mexico looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, New Mexico stretches about 633 km north to south and 566 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 315,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 315,000 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.
- ChinaAreaYunnan82% · 385,000 km²PeopleTibet58% · 3.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaMadhya Pradesh1.02× · 310,000 km²PeopleNagaland1.07× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleThuringia1.00× · 2.1 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleCentre-Val de Loire82% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleCalabria1.09× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleCastilla–La Mancha1.01× · 2.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleNiigata0.97× · 2.2 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaMaranhão0.97× · 326,000 km²PeopleSergipe0.96× · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador78% · 403,000 km²PeopleManitoba1.58× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria1.38× · 228,000 km²PeopleSouth Australia1.12× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaChihuahua1.27× · 248,000 km²PeopleQuerétaro1.04× · 2.0 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleUbon Ratchathani1.13× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where New Mexico ranks
New Mexico is the 5th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States.
Ranked within the United States
- 2Texas685,000 km²
- 3California410,000 km²
- 4Montana379,000 km²
- 5New Mexico315,000 km²
- 6Arizona295,000 km²
- 7Nevada287,000 km²
- 8Colorado269,000 km²
All 51 states and districts of the United States, matched to countries
Compare New Mexico
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- New Mexico vs Maharashtra
- Goiás vs New Mexico
- Maranhão vs New Mexico
- New Mexico vs Victoria
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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