State of Brazil
Pernambuco
Pernambuco is a state of Brazil. It covers about 97,600 km² (37,700 mi²), the 19th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as South Korea. About 9.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 97,600 km²37,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 98,900 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 1.2%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 19th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 9.1 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 93 people per km² |
| Capital | Recife |
| Latitude range | 9°S to 7°S |
| Type | StateBR-PE |
What the numbers say about Pernambuco
- Pernambuco covers 1.2% of the area of Brazil and ranks 7th of 27 by population, against 19th by area.
- It would take 86.8 states and districts the size of Pernambuco to cover Brazil.
- Pernambuco holds 4.5% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 22.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 16.0× the size of Pernambuco; the smallest, Federal District, is 5.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Santa Catarina (95,100 km², 1.03×) and Amapá (139,000 km², 1.43×).
- Counted as a country, Pernambuco would be larger than 131 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 109th by area, between South Korea (98,500 km²) and Liberia (95,300 km²).
- With 9.1 million people it would rank 97th of 238 by population.
- Pernambuco has 93 people per km², about the density of East Timor, which has 93 per km².
- That makes Pernambuco the 6th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 3.87× the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Pernambuco lies at 8°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Pernambuco stretches about 248 km north to south and 723 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 98,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 97,600 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.
- ChinaAreaJiangsu0.98× · 100,000 km²PeopleHainan90% · 10.1 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaIndiana1.03× · 94,300 km²PeopleNew Jersey0.98× · 9.3 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaBihar1.03× · 94,700 km²PeopleUttarakhand90% · 10.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.39× · 70,000 km²PeopleLower Saxony1.14× · 7.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.15× · 85,000 km²PeopleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes1.11× · 8.2 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLombardy90% · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.03× · 94,800 km²PeopleAndalusia1.05× · 8.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.24× · 78,800 km²PeopleKanagawa0.98× · 9.2 million (2020)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.34× · 72,800 km²PeopleQuebec1.07× · 8.5 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.43× · 68,100 km²PeopleNew South Wales1.06× · 8.5 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaOaxaca1.06× · 92,200 km²PeopleMexico City1.02× · 8.9 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok1.60× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Pernambuco 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