Bahia is 48.8× the size of Tianjin
Bahia (state of Brazil) covers about 560,000 km² (216,000 mi²) and Tianjin (municipality of China) about 11,500 km² (4,430 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 560,000km²Bahia
- 11,500km²Tianjin
200 km
- Bahia
- Tianjin
What fits
- Tianjin fits inside Bahia about 48.8 times by area.
- Bahia is larger by 549,000 km² (212,000 mi²), which is 4,780% of the area of Tianjin.
- Measured in Belgiums: Bahia is about 18.3, Tianjin about 0.37.
How they differ
- Bahia also has the larger population: 14.1 million against 13.9 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,208 in Tianjin against 25 in Bahia: Tianjin is 47.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bahia at 12°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Tianjin at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Bahia as 30.7× the size of Tianjin instead of 48.8×.
- Together Bahia and Tianjin cover 572,000 km², close to the size of Ukraine (572,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 549,000 km², is about the size of France (548,000 km²).
- At Tianjin's density, Bahia would have 676.7 million people (it has 14.1 million). At Bahia's density, Tianjin would have 290,000 (it has 13.9 million).
- Tianjin's centre is 51.8° of latitude, about 5,760 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.
- Tianjin is the 30th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Tianjin lies about 52° of latitude (roughly 5,760 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 Tianjin about 830 m².
- Laid side by side, Bahia and Tianjin would cover 572,000 km², about the same size as Ukraine.
- Together they have 28.0 million people, about as many people as Yemen.
Side by side
| Bahia | Tianjin | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 560,000 km²216,000 mi² | 11,500 km²4,430 mi² |
| Official area | 566,000 km²Wikidata | 11,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 27in Brazil | 30th of 31in China |
| Population | 14.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 13.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 27in Brazil | 27th of 31in China |
| Density | 25 per km² | 1,208 per km² |
| Capital | Salvador | – |
| Latitude range | 18°S to 9°S | 39°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 566,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 560,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 11,500 km² is 3.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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