State of the United States

New York

New York is a state of the United States. It covers about 137,000 km² (52,900 mi²), the 28th largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and about the same size as Bangladesh. About 20.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).

In area1.00×the size ofBangladesh137,000 km² In people1.00×as many people asKazakhstan20.1 million

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Facts

Area, measured	137,000 km²52,900 mi²
Official area	141,000 km²Wikidata · 3.1% above our measure
Share of the United States	1.4%of the area of the 51 states and districts
Rank by area	28th of 51states and districts of the United States
Population	20.2 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit
Density	148 people per km²
Capital	Albany
Latitude range	40°N to 45°N
Type	StateUS-NY

What the numbers say about New York

New York covers 1.4% of the area of the United States and ranks 4th of 51 by population, against 28th by area.
It would take 69.1 states and districts the size of New York to cover the United States.
New York holds 6.1% of the 331.4 million people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 51 states and districts together: about 1 in 16.
The largest, Alaska, is 11.0× the size of New York; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is 0.1% of it.
Closest in size within the United States: Arkansas (138,000 km², 1.00×) and Alabama (134,000 km², 1.02×).
Counted as a country, New York would be larger than 144 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 96th by area, between Tajikistan (142,000 km²) and Bangladesh (137,000 km²).
With 20.2 million people it would rank 62nd of 238 by population.
New York has 148 people per km², about the density of Malawi, which has 147 per km².
That makes New York the 8th most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 4.21× the average for the United States (35 per km²).
On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large in area, so New York looks bigger there than it is.
Laid out flat, New York stretches about 502 km north to south and 658 km east to west.
Our measured 137,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 141,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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.

Where New York ranks

New York is the 28th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States.

Ranked within the United States

All 51 states and districts of the United States, matched to countries

Compare New York

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

Full method