Bahia is 18.3× the size of Belgium
Bahia (state of Brazil) covers about 560,000 km² (216,000 mi²) and Belgium (Europe) about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 560,000km²Bahia
- 30,700km²Belgium
200 km
- Bahia
- Belgium
What fits
- Belgium fits inside Bahia about 18.3 times by area.
- Bahia is larger by 529,000 km² (204,000 mi²), which is 1,726% of the area of Belgium.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Bahia is about 13.5, Belgium about 0.74.
How they differ
- Bahia also has the larger population: 14.1 million against 11.8 million, 1.20× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 25 in Bahia: Belgium is 15.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,330 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bahia at 12°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Belgium at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Bahia as 7.70× the size of Belgium instead of 18.3×.
- Together Bahia and Belgium cover 591,000 km², close to the size of Morocco (592,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 529,000 km², is about the size of Thailand (514,000 km²).
- At Belgium's density, Bahia would have 215.9 million people (it has 14.1 million). At Bahia's density, Belgium would have 774,000 (it has 11.8 million).
- Belgium's centre is 63.1° of latitude, about 7,020 km, farther north than Bahia's.
- Bahia is the 5th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 6.6% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Belgium lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 7,020 km) north of Bahia, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Bahia would have about 39,600 m² and each person in Belgium about 2,590 m².
- Laid side by side, Bahia and Belgium would cover 591,000 km², about the same size as Morocco.
- Together they have 26.0 million people, about as many people as North Korea.
- Counted as a country, Bahia would rank 49th by area and 76th by population.
Side by side
| Bahia | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 560,000 km²216,000 mi² | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² |
| Official area | 566,000 km²Wikidata | 30,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 27in Brazil | 140th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 14.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 27in Brazil | 80th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 25 per km² | 386 per km² |
| Capital | Salvador | Brussels |
| Latitude range | 18°S to 9°S | 49°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 566,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 560,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 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