Alagoas is 1.02× the size of Nayarit

Alagoas (state of Brazil) covers about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²) and Nayarit (state of Mexico) about 27,200 km² (10,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

27,600km²Alagoas
27,200km²Nayarit

100 km

Alagoas
Nayarit

What fits

Nayarit is 98% of the size of Alagoas.
Alagoas is larger by 454 km² (175 mi²), which is 1.7% of the area of Nayarit.
Measured in Belgiums: Alagoas is about 0.90, Nayarit about 0.89.

How they differ

Alagoas also has the larger population: 3.1 million against 1.2 million, 2.56× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 113 in Alagoas against 45 in Nayarit: Alagoas is 2.51× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,220 km apart.
On a standard web map Nayarit looks larger than Alagoas: Alagoas at 10°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Nayarit at 22°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Nayarit as 1.11× the size of Alagoas, when Alagoas is 1.02× the size of Nayarit.
Together Alagoas and Nayarit cover 54,800 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 454 km², is about the size of Andorra (452 km²).
At Nayarit's density, Alagoas would have 1.2 million people (it has 3.1 million). At Alagoas's density, Nayarit would have 3.1 million (it has 1.2 million).
Nayarit's centre is 31.4° of latitude, about 3,490 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Nayarit is the 23rd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
Nayarit lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,490 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Alagoas would have about 8,830 m² and each person in Nayarit about 22,200 m².
Laid side by side, Alagoas and Nayarit would cover 54,800 km², about the same size as Croatia.
Together they have 4.4 million people, about as many people as Kuwait.

Side by side

	Alagoas	Nayarit
Is a	StateBrazil	StateMexico
Area, measured	27,600 km²10,700 mi²	27,200 km²10,500 mi²
Official area	27,800 km²Wikidata	27,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	25th of 27in Brazil	23rd of 32in Mexico
Population	3.1 millionWikidata, 2022	1.2 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	19th of 27in Brazil	29th of 32in Mexico
Density	113 per km²	45 per km²
Capital	Maceió	Tepic
Latitude range	11°S to 9°S	21°N to 23°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 27,200 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 27,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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