State of Brazil
Amazonas
Amazonas is a state of Brazil. It covers about 1,565,000 km² (604,000 mi²), the largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Mongolia. About 3.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 1,565,000 km²604,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 1,559,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 18%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 1st of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 3.9 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 2.5 people per km² |
| Capital | Manaus |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 2°N |
| Type | StateBR-AM |
What the numbers say about Amazonas
- Amazonas covers 18% of the area of Brazil and ranks 14th of 27 by population, against 1st by area.
- It would take 5.41 states and districts the size of Amazonas to cover Brazil.
- Amazonas holds 1.9% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 52.
- The smallest, Federal District, is 0.4% of the size of Amazonas; the next largest, Pará, is 79%.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Pará (1,231,000 km², 1.27×) and Mato Grosso (903,000 km², 1.73×).
- Counted as a country, Amazonas would be larger than 221 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 19th by area, between Iran (1,623,000 km²) and Mongolia (1,565,000 km²).
- With 3.9 million people it would rank 130th of 238 by population.
- Amazonas has 2.5 people per km², about the density of Mongolia, which has 2.2 per km².
- That makes Amazonas the 27th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 11% of the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Amazonas has 193× the room per person of Federal District, the most crowded of the 27: 2.5 against 486 people per km².
- Amazonas lies at 4°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, Amazonas stretches about 1,340 km north to south and 1,940 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,559,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 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.
- ChinaAreaXinjiang0.96× · 1,630,000 km²PeopleTibet1.08× · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaAlaska1.04× · 1,505,000 km²PeopleOklahoma1.00× · 4.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreanone within 2×PeopleTripura1.07× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSaxony0.96× · 4.1 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeoplePays de la Loire1.02× · 3.9 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleApulia0.98× · 4.0 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleValencian Community74% · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleShizuoka1.09× · 3.6 million (2021)
- CanadaAreaQuebec1.04× · 1,506,000 km²PeopleAlberta0.92× · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaQueensland0.90× · 1,730,000 km²PeopleWestern Australia1.31× · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleOaxaca0.99× · 4.0 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok69% · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Amazonas 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