Baja California is 1.29× the size of Paraíba
Baja California (state of Mexico) covers about 72,900 km² (28,100 mi²) and Paraíba (state of Brazil) about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 72,900km²Baja California
- 56,500km²Paraíba
100 km
- Baja California
- Paraíba
What fits
- Paraíba is 78% of the size of Baja California.
- Baja California is larger by 16,400 km² (6,330 mi²), which is 29% of the area of Paraíba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Baja California is about 2.38, Paraíba about 1.84.
How they differ
- Baja California is larger, but Paraíba has the larger population: 4.0 million against 3.3 million, 1.20× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 70 in Paraíba against 45 in Baja California: Paraíba is 1.55× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Baja California at 31°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Paraíba at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Baja California as 1.71× the size of Paraíba instead of 1.29×.
- Together Baja California and Paraíba cover 129,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 16,400 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
- At Paraíba's density, Baja California would have 5.1 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Baja California's density, Paraíba would have 2.6 million (it has 4.0 million).
- Baja California's centre is 37.6° of latitude, about 4,190 km, farther north than Paraíba's.
- Baja California is the 10th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Paraíba is the 21st largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Baja California lies about 38° of latitude (roughly 4,190 km) north of Paraíba, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California would have about 21,990 m² and each person in Paraíba about 14,220 m².
- Laid side by side, Baja California and Paraíba would cover 129,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
- Together they have 7.3 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.
Side by side
| Baja California | Paraíba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 72,900 km²28,100 mi² | 56,500 km²21,800 mi² |
| Official area | 71,500 km²Wikidata | 56,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 10th of 32in Mexico | 21st of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2015 | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 14th of 32in Mexico | 13th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 45 per km² | 70 per km² |
| Capital | Mexicali | João Pessoa |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 33°N | 8°S to 6°S |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 72,900 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 71,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 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