State of Brazil
Paraná
Paraná is a state of Brazil. It covers about 199,000 km² (76,700 mi²), the 15th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Kyrgyzstan. About 11.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 199,000 km²76,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 199,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 2.3%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 15th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 11.4 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 58 people per km² |
| Capital | Curitiba |
| Latitude range | 27°S to 23°S |
| Type | StateBR-PR |
What the numbers say about Paraná
- Paraná covers 2.3% of the area of Brazil and ranks 5th of 27 by population, against 15th by area.
- It would take 42.6 states and districts the size of Paraná to cover Brazil.
- Paraná holds 5.6% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 18.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 7.88× the size of Paraná; the smallest, Federal District, is 2.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Roraima (225,000 km², 1.13×) and Rondônia (238,000 km², 1.20×).
- Counted as a country, Paraná would be larger than 153 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 87th by area, between Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km²) and Senegal (196,000 km²).
- With 11.4 million people it would rank 82nd of 238 by population.
- Paraná has 58 people per km², about the density of Bulgaria, which has 57 per km².
- That makes Paraná the 12th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 2.40× the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Paraná lies at 25°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
- Laid out flat, Paraná stretches about 465 km north to south and 660 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 199,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 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.
- ChinaAreaShaanxi0.97× · 206,000 km²PeopleHainan1.14× · 10.1 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaSouth Dakota1.00× · 199,000 km²PeopleOhio0.97× · 11.8 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaKarnataka1.04× · 192,000 km²PeopleJammu and Kashmir0.93× · 12.3 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBaden-Württemberg1.03× · 11.1 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleÎle-de-France0.92× · 12.4 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLombardy1.14× · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleAndalusia1.33× · 8.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleKanagawa1.24× · 9.2 million (2020)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleOntario80% · 14.2 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria87% · 228,000 km²PeopleNew South Wales1.34× · 8.5 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaSonora1.11× · 179,000 km²PeopleMexico City1.28× · 8.9 million (2015)
Where Paraná 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