Algeria is 9.29× the size of São Paulo
Algeria (Africa) covers about 2,309,000 km² (891,000 mi²) and São Paulo (state of Brazil) about 249,000 km² (96,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,309,000km²Algeria
- 249,000km²São Paulo
500 km
- Algeria
- São Paulo
What fits
- São Paulo fits inside Algeria about 9.29 times by area.
- Algeria is larger by 2,060,000 km² (795,000 mi²), which is 829% of the area of São Paulo.
- Measured in Belgiums: Algeria is about 75.3, São Paulo about 8.11.
How they differ
- Algeria also has the larger population: 46.2 million against 44.4 million, 1.04× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 179 in São Paulo against 20 in Algeria: São Paulo is 8.93× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,860 km apart.
- Together Algeria and São Paulo cover 2,557,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 6.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,060,000 km², is about the size of Greenland (2,154,000 km²).
- At São Paulo's density, Algeria would have 412.4 million people (it has 46.2 million). At Algeria's density, São Paulo would have 5.0 million (it has 44.4 million).
- Algeria's centre is 50.3° of latitude, about 5,590 km, farther north than São Paulo's.
- Algeria ranks 12th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- São Paulo is the 12th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Algeria lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,590 km) north of São Paulo, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Algeria would have about 50,010 m² and each person in São Paulo about 5,600 m².
- Laid side by side, Algeria and São Paulo would cover 2,557,000 km², 94% of the size of Kazakhstan.
- Together they have 90.6 million people, about as many people as Iran.
- Counted as a country, São Paulo would rank 78th by area and 34th by population.
Side by side
| Algeria | São Paulo | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 2,309,000 km²891,000 mi² | 249,000 km²96,000 mi² |
| Official area | 2,382,000 km²Wikidata | 248,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 11th of 239worldwide | 12th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 46.2 millionWikidata, 2023 | 44.4 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 33rd of 237worldwide | 1st of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 20 per km² | 179 per km² |
| Capital | Algiers | São Paulo |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 37°N | 25°S to 20°S |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 2,309,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,382,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 248,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 249,000 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