State of Brazil
Goiás
Goiás is a state of Brazil. It covers about 341,000 km² (132,000 mi²), the 7th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as the Republic of the Congo. About 7.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 341,000 km²132,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 340,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 4.0%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 7th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 7.1 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 21 people per km² |
| Capital | Goiânia |
| Latitude range | 19°S to 12°S |
| Type | StateBR-GO |
What the numbers say about Goiás
- Goiás covers 4.0% of the area of Brazil and ranks 11th of 27 by population, against 7th by area.
- It would take 24.8 states and districts the size of Goiás to cover Brazil.
- Goiás holds 3.5% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 29.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 4.59× the size of Goiás; the smallest, Federal District, is 1.7% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Mato Grosso do Sul (356,000 km², 1.04×) and Maranhão (326,000 km², 1.05×).
- Counted as a country, Goiás would be larger than 174 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 66th by area, between the Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²) and Finland (333,000 km²).
- With 7.1 million people it would rank 106th of 238 by population.
- Goiás has 21 people per km², about the density of South Sudan, which has 20 per km².
- That makes Goiás the 17th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 86% of the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Goiás lies at 16°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, Goiás stretches about 788 km north to south and 782 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 340,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 341,000 km², to within 2%.
- Until 1988, Goiás covered what is now Goiás and Tocantins. Added together, today’s outlines measure 620,000 km², about the same size as the Central African Republic: as one unit they would be the 4th largest of 26, with 8.6 million people (2022 figures added up) the 9th most populous.
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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.
- ChinaAreaYunnan89% · 385,000 km²PeopleNingxia0.98× · 7.2 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaNew Mexico1.08× · 315,000 km²PeopleMassachusetts1.00× · 7.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaRajasthan0.99× · 343,000 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh1.03× · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleLower Saxony89% · 7.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleNouvelle-Aquitaine1.15× · 6.1 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLazio1.20× · 5.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleCommunity of Madrid1.01× · 7.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleSaitama0.96× · 7.3 million (2021)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador85% · 403,000 km²PeopleQuebec83% · 8.5 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria1.50× · 228,000 km²PeopleVictoria1.01× · 7.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaChihuahua1.38× · 248,000 km²PeopleJalisco90% · 7.8 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok1.24× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Goiás 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