Amapá is 1.07× the size of Tamil Nadu
Amapá (state of Brazil) covers about 139,000 km² (53,700 mi²) and Tamil Nadu (state of India) about 131,000 km² (50,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 139,000km²Amapá
- 131,000km²Tamil Nadu
100 km
- Amapá
- Tamil Nadu
What fits
- Tamil Nadu is 94% of the size of Amapá.
- Amapá is larger by 8,500 km² (3,280 mi²), which is 6.5% of the area of Tamil Nadu.
- Measured in Belgiums: Amapá is about 4.54, Tamil Nadu about 4.26.
How they differ
- Amapá is larger, but Tamil Nadu has the larger population: 72.1 million against 734,000, 98.3× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 552 in Tamil Nadu against 5.3 in Amapá: Tamil Nadu is 105× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,400 km apart.
- Together Amapá and Tamil Nadu cover 270,000 km², close to the size of New Zealand (268,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 8,500 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Tamil Nadu's density, Amapá would have 76.8 million people (it has 734,000). At Amapá's density, Tamil Nadu would have 689,000 (it has 72.1 million).
- Tamil Nadu's centre is 9.6° of latitude, about 1,060 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.
- Tamil Nadu is the 10th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Tamil Nadu lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,060 km) north of Amapá.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Amapá would have about 189,680 m² and each person in Tamil Nadu about 1,810 m².
- Laid side by side, Amapá and Tamil Nadu would cover 270,000 km², about the same size as New Zealand.
- Together they have 72.9 million people, 1.06× as many people as France.
Side by side
| Amapá | Tamil Nadu | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 139,000 km²53,700 mi² | 131,000 km²50,500 mi² |
| Official area | 143,000 km²Wikidata | 130,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 18th of 27in Brazil | 10th of 36in India |
| Population | 734,000Wikidata, 2022 | 72.1 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 27in Brazil | 6th of 36in India |
| Density | 5.3 per km² | 552 per km² |
| Capital | Macapá | Chennai |
| Latitude range | 1°S to 4°N | 8°N to 14°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. 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 130,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 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