State of Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul is a state of Brazil. It covers about 272,000 km² (105,000 mi²), the 10th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Burkina Faso. About 10.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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- Rio Grande do Sul
Facts
| Area, measured | 272,000 km²105,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 282,000 km²Wikidata · 3.3% above our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 3.2%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 10th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 10.9 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 40 people per km² |
| Capital | Porto Alegre |
| Latitude range | 34°S to 27°S |
| Type | StateBR-RS |
What the numbers say about Rio Grande do Sul
- Rio Grande do Sul covers 3.2% of the area of Brazil and ranks 6th of 27 by population, against 10th by area.
- It would take 31.1 states and districts the size of Rio Grande do Sul to cover Brazil.
- Rio Grande do Sul holds 5.4% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 19.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 5.75× the size of Rio Grande do Sul; the smallest, Federal District, is 2.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Tocantins (279,000 km², 1.02×) and Piauí (252,000 km², 1.08×).
- Counted as a country, Rio Grande do Sul would be larger than 165 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 75th by area, between Burkina Faso (273,000 km²) and New Zealand (268,000 km²).
- With 10.9 million people it would rank 86th of 238 by population.
- Rio Grande do Sul has 40 people per km², about the density of Nicaragua, which has 40 per km².
- That makes Rio Grande do Sul the 13th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 1.67× the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 30°S is drawn about 1.3× too large in area, so Rio Grande do Sul looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Rio Grande do Sul stretches about 741 km north to south and 765 km east to west.
- Our measured 272,000 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 282,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaGuangxi1.15× · 237,000 km²PeopleHainan1.08× · 10.1 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaColorado1.01× · 269,000 km²PeopleGeorgia (United States)1.02× · 10.7 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaMaharashtra89% · 307,000 km²PeopleUttarakhand1.08× · 10.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBaden-Württemberg0.98× · 11.1 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleÎle-de-France88% · 12.4 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLombardy1.08× · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleAndalusia1.26× · 8.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleKanagawa1.18× · 9.2 million (2020)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador68% · 403,000 km²PeopleQuebec1.28× · 8.5 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria1.19× · 228,000 km²PeopleNew South Wales1.27× · 8.5 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaChihuahua1.10× · 248,000 km²PeopleMexico City1.22× · 8.9 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok1.92× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Rio Grande do Sul sits in Brazil
All 27 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Brazil
- 7Goiás341,000 km²
- 8Maranhão326,000 km²
- 9Tocantins279,000 km²
- 10Rio Grande do Sul272,000 km²
- 11Piauí252,000 km²
- 12São Paulo249,000 km²
- 13Rondônia238,000 km²
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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