State of Brazil
Rondônia
Rondônia is a state of Brazil. It covers about 238,000 km² (91,900 mi²), the 13th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Ghana. About 1.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 238,000 km²91,900 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 238,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 2.8%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 13th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 6.6 people per km² |
| Capital | Porto Velho |
| Latitude range | 14°S to 8°S |
| Type | StateBR-RO |
What the numbers say about Rondônia
- Rondônia covers 2.8% of the area of Brazil and ranks 23rd of 27 by population, against 13th by area.
- It would take 35.6 states and districts the size of Rondônia to cover Brazil.
- Rondônia holds 0.8% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 128.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 6.58× the size of Rondônia; the smallest, Federal District, is 2.4% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: São Paulo (249,000 km², 1.04×) and Roraima (225,000 km², 1.06×).
- Counted as a country, Rondônia would be larger than 158 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 82nd by area, between Ghana (239,000 km²) and Romania (236,000 km²).
- With 1.6 million people it would rank 154th of 238 by population.
- Rondônia has 6.6 people per km², about the density of Kazakhstan, which has 7.4 per km².
- That makes Rondônia the 20th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 28% of the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Rondônia lies at 11°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, Rondônia stretches about 630 km north to south and 765 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 238,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 238,000 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.
- ChinaAreaGuangxi1.00× · 237,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaMichigan0.95× · 250,000 km²PeopleHawaii1.09× · 1.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaUttar Pradesh0.99× · 240,000 km²PeopleGoa1.08× · 1.5 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania1.01× · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleCentre-Val de Loire61% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLiguria1.02× · 1.6 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleMurcia1.01× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleKagoshima1.00× · 1.6 million (2021)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador59% · 403,000 km²PeopleManitoba1.18× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria1.04× · 228,000 km²PeopleSouth Australia84% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaChihuahua0.96× · 248,000 km²PeopleZacatecas0.94× · 1.7 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBuriram1.00× · 1.6 million (2020)
Where Rondônia sits in Brazil
All 27 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Rondônia
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- Rondônia vs Liguria
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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