State of Brazil
Bahia
Bahia is a state of Brazil. It covers about 560,000 km² (216,000 mi²), the 5th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Ukraine. About 14.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 560,000 km²216,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 566,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 6.6%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 5th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 14.1 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 25 people per km² |
| Capital | Salvador |
| Latitude range | 18°S to 9°S |
| Type | StateBR-BA |
What the numbers say about Bahia
- Bahia covers 6.6% of the area of Brazil and ranks 4th of 27 by population, against 5th by area.
- It would take 15.1 states and districts the size of Bahia to cover Brazil.
- Bahia holds 7.0% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 14.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 2.80× the size of Bahia; the smallest, Federal District, is 1.0% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Minas Gerais (586,000 km², 1.05×) and Mato Grosso do Sul (356,000 km², 1.57×).
- Counted as a country, Bahia would be larger than 191 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 49th by area, between Ukraine (572,000 km²) and France (548,000 km²).
- With 14.1 million people it would rank 76th of 238 by population.
- Bahia has 25 people per km², about the density of Brazil, which has 25 per km².
- That makes Bahia the 15th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 1.05× the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Bahia lies at 12°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, Bahia stretches about 1,090 km north to south and 1,000 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 566,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 560,000 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.
- ChinaAreaSichuan1.16× · 485,000 km²PeopleTianjin1.02× · 13.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaTexas82% · 685,000 km²PeoplePennsylvania1.09× · 13.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaRajasthan1.63× · 343,000 km²PeopleJammu and Kashmir1.15× · 12.3 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBavaria1.08× · 13.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleÎle-de-France1.14× · 12.4 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLombardy1.40× · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleAndalusia1.64× · 8.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleTokyo0.99× · 14.3 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaYukon1.16× · 484,000 km²PeopleOntario0.99× · 14.2 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaNew South Wales70% · 802,000 km²PeopleNew South Wales1.65× · 8.5 million (2024)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleState of Mexico87% · 16.2 million (2015)
Where Bahia 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