Albania is 4.89× the size of Federal District

Albania (Europe) covers about 28,300 km² (10,900 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

28,300km²Albania
5,790km²Federal District

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Albania
Federal District

What fits

Federal District fits inside Albania about 4.89 times by area.
Albania is larger by 22,500 km² (8,700 mi²), which is 389% of the area of Federal District.
Measured in Belgiums: Albania is about 0.92, Federal District about 0.19.

How they differ

Albania is larger, but Federal District has the larger population: 2.8 million against 2.8 million, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 99 in Albania: Federal District is 4.90× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,400 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Albania at 41°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Federal District at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Albania as 7.99× the size of Federal District instead of 4.89×.
Together Albania and Federal District cover 34,100 km², close to the size of Moldova (33,200 km², 2.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 22,500 km², is about the size of Belize (22,300 km²).
At Federal District's density, Albania would have 13.8 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Albania's density, Federal District would have 575,000 (it has 2.8 million).
Albania's centre is 56.9° of latitude, about 6,330 km, farther north than Federal District's.
Albania ranks 144th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Albania lies about 57° of latitude (roughly 6,330 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Albania would have about 10,080 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
Laid side by side, Albania and Federal District would cover 34,100 km², about the same size as Moldova.
Together they have 5.6 million people, about as many people as Norway.
Counted as a country, Federal District would rank 172nd by area and 139th by population.

Side by side

	Albania	Federal District
Is a	CountryEurope	Federal DistrictBrazil
Area, measured	28,300 km²10,900 mi²	5,790 km²2,240 mi²
Official area	28,700 km²Wikidata	5,760 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	143rd of 239worldwide	27th of 27in Brazil
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2023	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	139th of 237worldwide	20th of 27in Brazil
Density	99 per km²	486 per km²
Capital	Tirana	Brasília
Latitude range	40°N to 43°N	16°S to 15°S

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 28,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 28,300 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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