State of Brazil
Roraima
Roraima is a state of Brazil. It covers about 225,000 km² (86,800 mi²), the 14th largest of the 27 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for Brazil, and about the same size as Laos. About 637,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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- Roraima
Facts
| Area, measured | 225,000 km²86,800 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 224,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Brazil | 2.7%of the area of the 27 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 14th of 27states and districts of Brazil |
| Population | 637,000Wikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 2.8 people per km² |
| Capital | Boa Vista |
| Latitude range | 1°S to 5°N |
| Type | StateBR-RR |
What the numbers say about Roraima
- Roraima covers 2.7% of the area of Brazil and ranks 27th of 27 by population, against 14th by area.
- It would take 37.7 states and districts the size of Roraima to cover Brazil.
- Roraima holds 0.3% of the 203.1 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 27 states and districts together: about 1 in 319.
- The largest, Amazonas, is 6.97× the size of Roraima; the smallest, Federal District, is 2.6% of it.
- Closest in size within Brazil: Rondônia (238,000 km², 1.06×) and São Paulo (249,000 km², 1.11×).
- Counted as a country, Roraima would be larger than 156 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 84th by area, between Laos (228,000 km²) and Guyana (211,000 km²).
- With 637,000 people it would rank 167th of 238 by population.
- Roraima has 2.8 people per km², about the density of Namibia, which has 3.1 per km².
- That makes Roraima the 26th most densely populated of the 27 states and districts, 12% of the average for Brazil (24 per km²).
- Roraima lies at 2°N, 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, Roraima stretches about 743 km north to south and 660 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 224,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 225,000 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaGuangxi0.95× · 237,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaMinnesota1.00× · 225,000 km²PeopleVermont0.99× · 643,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaUttar Pradesh0.94× · 240,000 km²PeopleSikkim0.97× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBremen0.92× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleRéunion (France)72% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleBasilicata1.13× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleNavarre0.94× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleShimane0.96× · 665,000 (2021)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador56% · 403,000 km²PeopleNew Brunswick82% · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria0.99× · 228,000 km²PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.18× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaChihuahua0.91× · 248,000 km²PeopleBaja California Sur1.00× · 637,000 (2010)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleLoei1.00× · 639,000 (2020)
Where Roraima 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