State of Brazil
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is a state of Brazil. It covers about 586,000 km² (226,000 mi²), the 4th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Kenya. About 20.5 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 586,000 km²226,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 587,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 6.9%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 4th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 20.5 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 35 people per km² |
| Capital | Belo Horizonte |
| Latitude range | 23°S to 14°S |
| Type | StateBR-MG |
What the numbers say about Minas Gerais
- Minas Gerais covers 6.9% of the area of Brazil and ranks 2nd of 27 by population, against 4th by area.
- It would take 14.4 states and districts the size of Minas Gerais to cover Brazil.
- Minas Gerais holds 10% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 10.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 2.67× the size of Minas Gerais; the smallest, Federal District, is 1.0% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Bahia (560,000 km², 1.05×) and Mato Grosso (903,000 km², 1.54×).
- Counted as a country, Minas Gerais would be larger than 194 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 46th by area, between Morocco (592,000 km²) and Kenya (586,000 km²).
- With 20.5 million people it would rank 62nd of 238 by population.
- Minas Gerais has 35 people per km², about the density of Venezuela, which has 34 per km².
- That makes Minas Gerais the 14th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 1.46× the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Minas Gerais lies at 18°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, Minas Gerais stretches about 962 km north to south and 1,180 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 587,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 586,000 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.
- ChinaAreaSichuan1.21× · 485,000 km²PeopleBeijing0.94× · 21.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaTexas86% · 685,000 km²PeopleNew York1.02× · 20.2 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaRajasthan1.71× · 343,000 km²PeopleDelhi1.22× · 16.8 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.15× · 17.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleÎle-de-France1.66× · 12.4 million (2022)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleTokyo1.44× · 14.3 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaSaskatchewan0.90× · 651,000 km²PeopleOntario1.44× · 14.2 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaNew South Wales73% · 802,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleState of Mexico1.27× · 16.2 million (2015)
Where Minas Gerais 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