Amapá is 1.17× the size of Pennsylvania
Amapá (state of Brazil) covers about 139,000 km² (53,700 mi²) and Pennsylvania (state of the United States) about 119,000 km² (46,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 139,000km²Amapá
- 119,000km²Pennsylvania
100 km
- Amapá
- Pennsylvania
What fits
- Pennsylvania is 86% of the size of Amapá.
- Amapá is larger by 19,800 km² (7,650 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Pennsylvania.
- Measured in Belgiums: Amapá is about 4.54, Pennsylvania about 3.89.
How they differ
- Amapá is larger, but Pennsylvania has the larger population: 13.0 million against 734,000, 17.7× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 109 in Pennsylvania against 5.3 in Amapá: Pennsylvania is 20.7× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,100 km apart.
- On a standard web map Pennsylvania looks larger than Amapá: Amapá at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Pennsylvania at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Pennsylvania as 1.50× the size of Amapá, when Amapá is 1.17× the size of Pennsylvania.
- Together Amapá and Pennsylvania cover 259,000 km², close to the size of Gabon (260,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 19,800 km², is about the size of Slovenia (20,300 km²).
- At Pennsylvania's density, Amapá would have 15.2 million people (it has 734,000). At Amapá's density, Pennsylvania would have 629,000 (it has 13.0 million).
- Pennsylvania's centre is 39.4° of latitude, about 4,390 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.
- Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Pennsylvania lies about 39° of latitude (roughly 4,390 km) north of Amapá.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Amapá would have about 189,680 m² and each person in Pennsylvania about 9,180 m².
- Laid side by side, Amapá and Pennsylvania would cover 259,000 km², about the same size as Gabon.
- Together they have 13.7 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
Side by side
| Amapá | Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 139,000 km²53,700 mi² | 119,000 km²46,100 mi² |
| Official area | 143,000 km²Wikidata | 119,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 18th of 27in Brazil | 33rd of 51in the United States |
| Population | 734,000Wikidata, 2022 | 13.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 27in Brazil | 5th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 5.3 per km² | 109 per km² |
| Capital | Macapá | Harrisburg |
| Latitude range | 1°S to 4°N | 40°N to 43°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 119,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 119,000 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