Amapá is 1.04× the size of Alabama
Amapá (state of Brazil) covers about 139,000 km² (53,700 mi²) and Alabama (state of the United States) about 134,000 km² (51,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 139,000km²Amapá
- 134,000km²Alabama
100 km
- Amapá
- Alabama
What fits
- Alabama is 96% of the size of Amapá.
- Amapá is larger by 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²), which is 4.0% of the area of Alabama.
- Measured in Belgiums: Amapá is about 4.54, Alabama about 4.36.
How they differ
- Amapá is larger, but Alabama has the larger population: 5.0 million against 734,000, 6.85× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 38 in Alabama against 5.3 in Amapá: Alabama is 7.12× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,040 km apart.
- On a standard web map Alabama looks larger than Amapá: Amapá at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Alabama at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Alabama as 1.36× the size of Amapá, when Amapá is 1.04× the size of Alabama.
- Together Amapá and Alabama cover 273,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 5,350 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- At Alabama's density, Amapá would have 5.2 million people (it has 734,000). At Amapá's density, Alabama would have 706,000 (it has 5.0 million).
- Alabama's centre is 31.3° of latitude, about 3,480 km, farther north than Amapá's.
- Amapá is the 18th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
- Alabama is the 29th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
- Alabama lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,480 km) north of Amapá.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Amapá would have about 189,680 m² and each person in Alabama about 26,640 m².
- Laid side by side, Amapá and Alabama would cover 273,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
- Together they have 5.8 million people, about as many people as Denmark.
Side by side
| Amapá | Alabama | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 139,000 km²53,700 mi² | 134,000 km²51,700 mi² |
| Official area | 143,000 km²Wikidata | 136,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 18th of 27in Brazil | 29th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 734,000Wikidata, 2022 | 5.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 27in Brazil | 24th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 5.3 per km² | 38 per km² |
| Capital | Macapá | Montgomery |
| Latitude range | 1°S to 4°N | 30°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 139,000 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 143,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 136,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 134,000 km², to within 2%.
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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