State of the United States
Vermont
Vermont is a state of the United States. It covers about 24,600 km² (9,510 mi²), the 43rd largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and about the same size as Rwanda. About 643,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 24,600 km²9,510 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 24,900 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of the United States | 0.3%of the area of the 51 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 43rd of 51states and districts of the United States |
| Population | 643,000Wikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 26 people per km² |
| Capital | Montpelier |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 45°N |
| Type | StateUS-VT |
What the numbers say about Vermont
- Vermont covers 0.3% of the area of the United States and ranks 50th of 51 by population, against 43rd by area.
- It would take 384 states and districts the size of Vermont to cover the United States.
- Vermont holds 0.2% of the 331.4 million people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 51 states and districts together: about 1 in 515.
- The largest, Alaska, is 61.1× the size of Vermont; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is 0.7% of it.
- Closest in size within the United States: New Hampshire (24,300 km², 1.02×) and Maryland (25,500 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Vermont 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 643,000 people it would rank 167th of 238 by population.
- Vermont has 26 people per km², about the density of Zambia, which has 26 per km².
- That makes Vermont the 31st most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 75% of 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 Vermont looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Vermont stretches about 255 km north to south and 153 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 24,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,600 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.
- ChinaAreaHainan73% · 33,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- IndiaAreaMeghalaya1.07× · 23,100 km²PeopleSikkim0.98× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaMecklenburg-Western Pomerania1.06× · 23,200 km²PeopleBremen0.93× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany0.90× · 27,300 km²PeopleRéunion (France)73% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaSardinia (Italy)1.02× · 24,100 km²PeopleBasilicata1.14× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaValencian Community1.06× · 23,300 km²PeopleNavarre0.95× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.59× · 15,500 km²PeopleShimane0.97× · 665,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaAlagoas89% · 27,600 km²PeopleRoraima1.01× · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNew Brunswick83% · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.19× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaTabasco1.02× · 24,100 km²PeopleBaja California Sur1.01× · 637,000 (2010)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.08× · 22,800 km²PeopleSaraburi1.00× · 644,000 (2020)
Where Vermont ranks
Vermont is the 43rd 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