State of the United States
Utah
Utah is a state of the United States. It covers about 220,000 km² (84,900 mi²), the 13th largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and 96% of the size of Laos. About 3.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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- Utah
Facts
| Area, measured | 220,000 km²84,900 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 220,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of the United States | 2.3%of the area of the 51 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 13th of 51states and districts of the United States |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 15 people per km² |
| Capital | Salt Lake City |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 42°N |
| Type | StateUS-UT |
What the numbers say about Utah
- Utah covers 2.3% of the area of the United States and ranks 30th of 51 by population, against 13th by area.
- It would take 43.1 states and districts the size of Utah to cover the United States.
- Utah holds 1.0% of the 331.4 million people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 51 states and districts together: about 1 in 101.
- The largest, Alaska, is 6.85× the size of Utah; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within the United States: Idaho (216,000 km², 1.02×) and Minnesota (225,000 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Utah would be larger than 156 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 84th by area, between Laos (228,000 km²) and Guyana (211,000 km²).
- With 3.3 million people it would rank 137th of 238 by population.
- Utah has 15 people per km², about the density of Norway, which has 15 per km².
- That makes Utah the 41st most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 43% of the average for the United States (35 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large in area, so Utah looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Utah stretches about 555 km north to south and 443 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 220,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 220,000 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.
- ChinaAreaHunan1.04× · 211,000 km²PeopleTibet90% · 3.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaUttar Pradesh0.91× · 240,000 km²PeopleMeghalaya1.10× · 3.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSchleswig-Holstein1.11× · 3.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleNormandy0.98× · 3.3 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleTuscany88% · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleGalicia1.21× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleShizuoka0.91× · 3.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaRoraima0.98× · 225,000 km²PeoplePiauí1.00× · 3.3 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador54% · 403,000 km²PeopleAlberta77% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria0.96× · 228,000 km²PeopleWestern Australia1.09× · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaChihuahua89% · 248,000 km²PeopleBaja California0.99× · 3.3 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.24× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Utah ranks
Utah is the 13th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States.
Ranked within the United States
- 10Oregon252,000 km²
- 11Michigan250,000 km²
- 12Minnesota225,000 km²
- 13Utah220,000 km²
- 14Idaho216,000 km²
- 15Kansas213,000 km²
- 16Nebraska201,000 km²
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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