State of Brazil
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo is a state of Brazil. It covers about 45,800 km² (17,700 mi²), the 23rd largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Estonia. About 3.8 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 45,800 km²17,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 46,100 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 0.5%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 23rd of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 3.8 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 84 people per km² |
| Capital | Vitória |
| Latitude range | 21°S to 18°S |
| Type | StateBR-ES |
What the numbers say about Espírito Santo
- Espírito Santo covers 0.5% of the area of Brazil and ranks 15th of 27 by population, against 23rd by area.
- It would take 185 states and districts the size of Espírito Santo to cover Brazil.
- Espírito Santo 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 53.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 34.2× the size of Espírito Santo; the smallest, Federal District, is 13% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (44,000 km², 1.04×) and Rio Grande do Norte (52,800 km², 1.15×).
- Counted as a country, Espírito Santo would be larger than 107 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 133rd by area, between Estonia (45,800 km²) and Denmark (42,700 km²).
- With 3.8 million people it would rank 132nd of 238 by population.
- Espírito Santo has 84 people per km², about the density of Burkina Faso, which has 84 per km².
- That makes Espírito Santo the 7th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 3.49× the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Espírito Santo lies at 20°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Espírito Santo stretches about 378 km north to south and 231 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 46,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 45,800 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.
- ChinaAreaNingxia88% · 52,100 km²PeopleTibet1.05× · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaWest Virginia73% · 62,700 km²PeopleOklahoma0.97× · 4.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaHaryana1.04× · 43,900 km²PeopleTripura1.04× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaLower Saxony0.96× · 47,600 km²PeopleBerlin1.02× · 3.8 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBourgogne-Franche-Comté0.95× · 48,000 km²PeoplePays de la Loire0.99× · 3.9 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.77× · 25,900 km²PeopleTuscany1.03× · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreaAragon0.96× · 47,600 km²PeopleValencian Community72% · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)58% · 78,800 km²PeopleShizuoka1.06× · 3.6 million (2021)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia83% · 55,100 km²PeopleAlberta90% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)67% · 68,100 km²PeopleWestern Australia1.27× · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuintana Roo1.04× · 43,900 km²PeopleOaxaca0.97× · 4.0 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.46× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Espírito Santo sits in Brazil
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Compare Espírito Santo
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- Espírito Santo vs Denmark
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- West Virginia vs Espírito Santo
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- Espírito Santo vs Pays de la Loire
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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