State of Brazil
Mato Grosso do Sul
Mato Grosso do Sul is a state of Brazil. It covers about 356,000 km² (137,000 mi²), the 6th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Germany. About 2.8 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 356,000 km²137,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 357,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 4.2%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 6th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 2.8 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 7.7 people per km² |
| Capital | Campo Grande |
| Latitude range | 24°S to 17°S |
| Type | StateBR-MS |
What the numbers say about Mato Grosso do Sul
- Mato Grosso do Sul covers 4.2% of the area of Brazil and ranks 21st of 27 by population, against 6th by area.
- It would take 23.8 states and districts the size of Mato Grosso do Sul to cover Brazil.
- Mato Grosso do Sul holds 1.4% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 74.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 4.40× the size of Mato Grosso do Sul; the smallest, Federal District, is 1.6% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Goiás (341,000 km², 1.04×) and Maranhão (326,000 km², 1.09×).
- Counted as a country, Mato Grosso do Sul would be larger than 175 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 65th by area, between Germany (358,000 km²) and the Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
- With 2.8 million people it would rank 140th of 238 by population.
- Mato Grosso do Sul has 7.7 people per km², about the density of Gabon, which has 7.8 per km².
- That makes Mato Grosso do Sul the 19th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 32% of the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Mato Grosso do Sul 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, Mato Grosso do Sul stretches about 763 km north to south and 755 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 357,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 356,000 km², to within 2%.
- Until 1977, Mato Grosso covered what is now Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. Added together, today’s outlines measure 1,259,000 km², about the same size as Mali: as one unit they would be the 2nd largest of 26, with 6.4 million people (2022 figures added up) the 13th most populous.
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.
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- IndiaAreaRajasthan1.04× · 343,000 km²PeopleManipur0.97× · 2.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSchleswig-Holstein0.93× · 3.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleBourgogne-Franche-Comté0.98× · 2.8 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleTuscany74% · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleGalicia1.02× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleHiroshima0.99× · 2.8 million (2021)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador88% · 403,000 km²PeopleAlberta65% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria1.56× · 228,000 km²PeopleWestern Australia0.92× · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaChihuahua1.44× · 248,000 km²PeopleSan Luis Potosí1.01× · 2.7 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.05× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Mato Grosso do Sul sits in Brazil
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Ranked within 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