State of Brazil
Amapá
Amapá is a state of Brazil. It covers about 139,000 km² (53,700 mi²), the 18th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Bangladesh. About 734,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
100 km
- Amapá
- Bangladesh
Facts
| Area, measured | 139,000 km²53,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 143,000 km²Wikidata · 2.5% above our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 1.6%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 18th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 734,000Wikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 5.3 people per km² |
| Capital | Macapá |
| Latitude range | 1°S to 4°N |
| Type | StateBR-AP |
What the numbers say about Amapá
- Amapá covers 1.6% of the area of Brazil and ranks 26th of 27 by population, against 18th by area.
- It would take 60.9 states and districts the size of Amapá to cover Brazil.
- Amapá 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 277.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 11.2× the size of Amapá; the smallest, Federal District, is 4.2% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Ceará (150,000 km², 1.08×) and Acre (154,000 km², 1.11×).
- Counted as a country, Amapá 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 734,000 people it would rank 166th of 238 by population.
- Amapá has 5.3 people per km², about the density of Mauritania, which has 4.6 per km².
- That makes Amapá the 24th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 22% of the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Amapá lies at 1°N, 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, Amapá stretches about 629 km north to south and 547 km east to west.
- Our measured 139,000 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 143,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaAnhui0.99× · 140,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaArkansas1.01× · 138,000 km²PeopleAlaska1.00× · 733,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaChhattisgarh1.03× · 135,000 km²PeopleSikkim1.12× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.99× · 70,000 km²PeopleBremen1.06× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.64× · 85,000 km²PeopleRéunion (France)83% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleUmbria83% · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.47× · 94,800 km²PeopleNavarre1.08× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.77× · 78,800 km²PeopleTokushima1.02× · 722,000 (2020)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.91× · 72,800 km²PeopleNew Brunswick0.95× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria61% · 228,000 km²PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.36× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaCoahuila0.92× · 151,000 km²PeopleColima1.00× · 731,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleLampang1.01× · 729,000 (2020)
Where Amapá sits in Brazil
All 27 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Amapá
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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