Amapá is 1.09× the size of North Carolina

Amapá (state of Brazil) covers about 139,000 km² (53,700 mi²) and North Carolina (state of the United States) about 128,000 km² (49,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

139,000km²Amapá
128,000km²North Carolina

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Amapá
North Carolina

What fits

North Carolina is 92% of the size of Amapá.
Amapá is larger by 11,500 km² (4,450 mi²), which is 9.0% of the area of North Carolina.
Measured in Belgiums: Amapá is about 4.54, North Carolina about 4.16.

How they differ

Amapá is larger, but North Carolina has the larger population: 10.4 million against 734,000, 14.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 82 in North Carolina against 5.3 in Amapá: North Carolina is 15.5× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,730 km apart.
On a standard web map North Carolina looks larger than Amapá: Amapá at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and North Carolina at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows North Carolina as 1.39× the size of Amapá, when Amapá is 1.09× the size of North Carolina.
Together Amapá and North Carolina cover 267,000 km², close to the size of New Zealand (268,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 11,500 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
At North Carolina's density, Amapá would have 11.4 million people (it has 734,000). At Amapá's density, North Carolina would have 673,000 (it has 10.4 million).
North Carolina's centre is 34.1° of latitude, about 3,790 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.
North Carolina is the 30th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
North Carolina lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,790 km) north of Amapá.
Shared out evenly, each person in Amapá would have about 189,680 m² and each person in North Carolina about 12,230 m².
Laid side by side, Amapá and North Carolina would cover 267,000 km², about the same size as New Zealand.
Together they have 11.2 million people, about as many people as Somalia.

Side by side

	Amapá	North Carolina
Is a	StateBrazil	StateUnited States
Area, measured	139,000 km²53,700 mi²	128,000 km²49,300 mi²
Official area	143,000 km²Wikidata	139,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	18th of 27in Brazil	30th of 51in the United States
Population	734,000Wikidata, 2022	10.4 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	26th of 27in Brazil	9th of 51in the United States
Density	5.3 per km²	82 per km²
Capital	Macapá	Raleigh
Latitude range	1°S to 4°N	34°N to 37°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.
Our measured 128,000 km² is 8.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 139,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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