Ranked list of Mexican states
The 32 federal states of Mexico are ranked below according to population, size, population density, and GDP.
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By population[]
Total population based on data from the 2020 National Population Census.[1]
Rank | State | Population (2020) | % of total |
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1 | State of Mexico | 16,992,418 | 13.48% |
2 | Mexico City | 9,209,944 | 7.31% |
3 | Jalisco | 8,348,151 | 6.62% |
4 | Veracruz | 8,062,579 | 6.40% |
5 | Puebla | 6,583,278 | 5.22% |
6 | Guanajuato | 6,166,934 | 4.89% |
7 | Nuevo León | 5,784,442 | 4.59% |
8 | Chiapas | 5,543,828 | 4.40% |
9 | Michoacán | 4,748,846 | 3.77% |
10 | Oaxaca | 4,132,148 | 3.28% |
11 | Baja California | 3,769,020 | 2.99% |
12 | Chihuahua | 3,741,869 | 2.97% |
13 | Guerrero | 3,540,685 | 2.81% |
14 | Tamaulipas | 3,527,735 | 2.80% |
15 | Coahuila | 3,146,771 | 2.50% |
16 | Hidalgo | 3,082,841 | 2.45% |
17 | Sinaloa | 3,026,943 | 2.40% |
18 | Sonora | 2,944,840 | 2.34% |
19 | San Luis Potosí | 2,822,255 | 2.24% |
20 | Tabasco | 2,402,598 | 1.91% |
21 | Querétaro | 2,368,467 | 1.88% |
22 | Yucatán | 2,320,898 | 1.84% |
23 | Morelos | 1,971,520 | 1.56% |
24 | Quintana Roo | 1,857,985 | 1.47% |
25 | Durango | 1,832,650 | 1.45% |
26 | Zacatecas | 1,622,138 | 1.29% |
27 | Aguascalientes | 1,425,607 | 1.13% |
28 | Tlaxcala | 1,342,977 | 1.07% |
29 | Nayarit | 1,235,456 | 0.98% |
30 | Campeche | 928,363 | 0.74% |
31 | Baja California Sur | 798,447 | 0.63% |
32 | Colima | 731,391 | 0.58% |
— | Mexico | 126,014,024 | 100.00% |
By area[]
Total continental surface based on data from the 2020 National Population Census.[2]
Rank | State | Land (km2) | Land (sq mi) | % of total |
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1 | Chihuahua | 247,412.6 | 95,526.5 | 12.62% |
2 | Sonora | 179,354.7 | 69,249.2 | 9.15% |
3 | Coahuila | 151,594.8 | 58,531.1 | 7.73% |
4 | Durango | 123,364.0 | 47,631.1 | 6.29% |
5 | Oaxaca | 93,757.6 | 36,200.0 | 4.78% |
6 | Tamaulipas | 80,249.3 | 30,984.4 | 4.09% |
7 | Jalisco | 78,595.9 | 30,346.0 | 4.01% |
8 | Zacatecas | 75,275.3 | 29,064.0 | 3.84% |
9 | Baja California Sur | 73,909.4 | 28,536.6 | 3.77% |
10 | Chiapas | 73,311.0 | 28,305.5 | 3.74% |
11 | Veracruz | 71,823.5 | 27,731.2 | 3.66% |
12 | Baja California | 71,450.0 | 27,587.0 | 3.64% |
13 | Nuevo León | 64,156.2 | 24,770.8 | 3.27% |
14 | Guerrero | 63,595.9 | 24,554.5 | 3.24% |
15 | San Luis Potosí | 61,138.0 | 23,605.5 | 3.12% |
16 | Michoacán | 58,598.7 | 22,625.1 | 2.99% |
17 | Campeche | 57,484.9 | 22,195.0 | 2.93% |
18 | Sinaloa | 57,365.4 | 22,148.9 | 2.93% |
19 | Quintana Roo | 44,705.2 | 17,260.8 | 2.28% |
20 | Yucatán | 39,524.4 | 15,260.5 | 2.02% |
21 | Puebla | 34,309.6 | 13,247.0 | 1.75% |
22 | Guanajuato | 30,606.7 | 11,817.3 | 1.56% |
23 | Nayarit | 27,856.5 | 10,755.5 | 1.42% |
24 | Tabasco | 24,730.9 | 9,548.7 | 1.26% |
25 | State of Mexico | 22,351.8 | 8,630.1 | 1.14% |
26 | Hidalgo | 20,821.4 | 8,039.2 | 1.06% |
27 | Querétaro | 11,690.6 | 4,513.8 | 0.60% |
28 | Colima | 5,626.9 | 2,172.6 | 0.29% |
29 | Aguascalientes | 5,615.7 | 2,168.2 | 0.29% |
30 | Morelos | 4,878.9 | 1,883.8 | 0.25% |
31 | Tlaxcala | 3,996.6 | 1,543.1 | 0.20% |
32 | Mexico City | 1,494.3 | 577.0 | 0.08% |
— | Mexico | 1,960,646.7 | 757,009.9 | 100.00% |
By population density[]
Population density based on data from the 2020 National Census.[1][2]
Rank | State | Density |
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1 | Ciudad de México | 6,163.4/km2 (15,963.1/sq mi) |
2 | State of Mexico | 760.2/km2 (1,969.0/sq mi) |
3 | Morelos | 404.1/km2 (1,046.6/sq mi) |
4 | Tlaxcala | 336.0/km2 (870.3/sq mi) |
5 | Aguascalientes | 253.9/km2 (657.5/sq mi) |
6 | Querétaro | 202.6/km2 (524.7/sq mi) |
7 | Guanajuato | 201.5/km2 (521.9/sq mi) |
8 | Puebla | 191.9/km2 (497.0/sq mi) |
9 | Hidalgo | 148.1/km2 (383.5/sq mi) |
10 | Colima | 130.0/km2 (336.6/sq mi) |
11 | Veracruz | 112.3/km2 (290.7/sq mi) |
12 | Jalisco | 106.2/km2 (275.1/sq mi) |
13 | Tabasco | 97.1/km2 (251.6/sq mi) |
14 | Nuevo León | 90.2/km2 (233.5/sq mi) |
15 | Michoacán | 81.0/km2 (209.9/sq mi) |
16 | Chiapas | 75.6/km2 (195.9/sq mi) |
17 | Yucatán | 58.7/km2 (152.1/sq mi) |
18 | Guerrero | 55.7/km2 (144.2/sq mi) |
19 | Sinaloa | 52.8/km2 (136.7/sq mi) |
20 | Baja California | 51.0/km2 (132.1/sq mi) |
21 | San Luis Potosí | 46.2/km2 (119.6/sq mi) |
22 | Nayarit | 44.4/km2 (114.9/sq mi) |
23 | Oaxaca | 44.1/km2 (114.1/sq mi) |
24 | Tamaulipas | 44.0/km2 (113.9/sq mi) |
25 | Quintana Roo | 41.6/km2 (107.6/sq mi) |
26 | Zacatecas | 21.5/km2 (55.8/sq mi) |
27 | Coahuila | 20.8/km2 (53.8/sq mi) |
28 | Sonora | 16.4/km2 (42.5/sq mi) |
29 | Campeche | 16.1/km2 (41.8/sq mi) |
30 | Chihuahua | 15.1/km2 (39.2/sq mi) |
31 | Durango | 14.9/km2 (38.5/sq mi) |
32 | Baja California Sur | 10.8/km2 (28.0/sq mi) |
— | Mexico | 64.3/km2 (166.5/sq mi) |
By Gross domestic product[]
Nominal GDP in 2019 based on latest data from Mexico's National Accounts System, INEGI.[3]
Rank | State | Millions of MXN | Millions of USD | % of total |
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1 | Mexico City | 3,139,561 | 162,979 | 17.75% |
2 | State of Mexico | 1,578,335 | 81,934 | 8.92% |
3 | Nuevo León | 1,377,525 | 71,509 | 7.79% |
4 | Jalisco | 1,216,771 | 63,164 | 6.88% |
5 | Veracruz | 802,757 | 41,672 | 4.54% |
6 | Guanajuato | 706,015 | 36,650 | 3.99% |
7 | Coahuila | 605,800 | 31,448 | 3.42% |
8 | Puebla | 599,131 | 31,102 | 3.39% |
9 | Sonora | 579,933 | 30,105 | 3.28% |
10 | Baja California | 576,310 | 29,917 | 3.26% |
11 | Chihuahua | 573,579 | 29,775 | 3.24% |
12 | Tamaulipas | 518,448 | 26,913 | 2.93% |
13 | Campeche | 517,911 | 26,885 | 2.93% |
14 | Tabasco | 448,555 | 23,285 | 2.54% |
15 | Michoacán | 424,021 | 22,012 | 2.40% |
16 | Querétaro | 403,905 | 20,967 | 2.28% |
17 | Sinaloa | 399,403 | 20,734 | 2.26% |
18 | San Luis Potosí | 369,792 | 19,196 | 2.09% |
19 | Quintana Roo | 290,340 | 15,072 | 1.64% |
20 | Hidalgo | 271,360 | 14,087 | 1.53% |
21 | Yucatán | 264,718 | 13,742 | 1.50% |
22 | Chiapas | 260,493 | 13,523 | 1.47% |
23 | Oaxaca | 252,285 | 13,096 | 1.43% |
24 | Guerrero | 240,560 | 12,488 | 1.36% |
25 | Aguascalientes | 223,043 | 11,578 | 1.26% |
26 | Durango | 204,698 | 10,626 | 1.16% |
27 | Morelos | 200,326 | 10,399 | 1.13% |
28 | Baja California Sur | 157,812 | 8,192 | 0.89% |
29 | Zacatecas | 152,491 | 7,916 | 0.86% |
30 | Nayarit | 120,634 | 6,262 | 0.68% |
31 | Colima | 109,495 | 5,684 | 0.62% |
32 | Tlaxcala | 104,653 | 5,433 | 0.59% |
— | Mexico | 17,690,674 | 918,347 | 100.00% |
By GDP (PPP) per capita[]
GDP (PPP) per capita in 2018 based on latest data from OECD Statistics.[4]
Rank | State | PPP per capita MXN | PPP per capita USD |
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1 | Campeche | 613,639 | 67,233 |
2 | Mexico City | 437,405 | 47,924 |
3 | Nuevo León | 338,655 | 37,105 |
4 | Baja California Sur | 295,875 | 32,418 |
5 | Coahuila | 289,002 | 31,665 |
6 | Querétaro | 266,775 | 29,229 |
7 | Sonora | 260,071 | 28,495 |
8 | Aguascalientes | 247,577 | 27,126 |
9 | Quintana Roo | 219,011 | 23,996 |
10 | Baja California | 216,675 | 23,740 |
11 | Tabasco | 212,886 | 23,325 |
12 | Chihuahua | 207,980 | 22,787 |
13 | Jalisco | 203,407 | 22,286 |
14 | Colima | 193,594 | 21,211 |
15 | San Luis Potosí | 188,815 | 20,688 |
16 | Tamaulipas | 188,482 | 20,651 |
17 | Guanajuato | 173,992 | 19,063 |
18 | Sinaloa | 169,522 | 18,574 |
19 | Yucatán | 157,425 | 17,248 |
20 | Durango | 150,109 | 16,447 |
21 | Zacatecas | 132,803 | 14,551 |
22 | Hidalgo | 132,627 | 14,531 |
23 | Morelos | 132,335 | 14,499 |
24 | Veracruz | 129,599 | 14,200 |
25 | Nayarit | 126,830 | 13,896 |
26 | Puebla | 126,778 | 13,890 |
27 | Michoacán | 126,310 | 13,839 |
28 | State of Mexico | 117,794 | 12,906 |
29 | Tlaxcala | 100,882 | 11,053 |
30 | Oaxaca | 91,232 | 9,996 |
31 | Guerrero | 89,533 | 9,810 |
32 | Chiapas | 66,216 | 7,255 |
- | Mexico | 188,327 | 20,634 |
See also[]
States of Mexico
References[]
- ^ a b "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ a b "México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Superficie continental" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "PIB por Entidad Federativa (PIBE) en 2019, Base 2013" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ "Regional Economy: Gross Domestic Product, Large Regions". OECD Statistics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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