State of Brazil
Acre
Acre is a state of Brazil. It covers about 154,000 km² (59,500 mi²), the 16th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Tunisia. About 830,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 154,000 km²59,500 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 153,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 1.8%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 16th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 830,000Wikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 5.4 people per km² |
| Capital | Rio Branco |
| Latitude range | 11°S to 7°S |
| Type | StateBR-AC |
What the numbers say about Acre
- Acre covers 1.8% of the area of Brazil and ranks 25th of 27 by population, against 16th by area.
- It would take 55.0 states and districts the size of Acre to cover Brazil.
- Acre holds 0.4% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 245.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 10.2× the size of Acre; the smallest, Federal District, is 3.8% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Ceará (150,000 km², 1.03×) and Amapá (139,000 km², 1.11×).
- Counted as a country, Acre would be larger than 147 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 93rd by area, between Tunisia (157,000 km²) and Nepal (147,000 km²).
- With 830,000 people it would rank 165th of 238 by population.
- Acre has 5.4 people per km², about the density of Mauritania, which has 4.6 per km².
- That makes Acre the 23rd most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 22% of the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Acre lies at 9°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Acre stretches about 446 km north to south and 810 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 153,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 154,000 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaShandong0.99× · 156,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaGeorgia (United States)1.01× · 152,000 km²PeopleNorth Dakota1.07× · 779,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaOdisha0.99× · 155,000 km²PeopleSikkim1.26× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBremen1.20× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.81× · 85,000 km²PeopleRéunion (France)0.94× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleUmbria0.94× · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.62× · 94,800 km²PeopleAsturias82% · 1.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.95× · 78,800 km²PeopleSaga1.02× · 810,000 (2021)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNew Brunswick1.07× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria68% · 228,000 km²PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.54× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaCoahuila1.02× · 151,000 km²PeopleCampeche89% · 928,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleSuphan Buri0.99× · 839,000 (2020)
Where Acre sits in Brazil
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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, 2022. Brazil’s units share the 2022 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