Baja California is 1.38× the size of Rio Grande do Norte

What fits

• Rio Grande do Norte is 72% of the size of Baja California.
• Baja California is larger by 20,100 km² (7,760 mi²), which is 38% of the area of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Measured in Belgiums: Baja California is about 2.38, Rio Grande do Norte about 1.72.

How they differ

• Baja California also has the larger population: 3.3 million against 3.3 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 63 in Rio Grande do Norte against 45 in Baja California: Rio Grande do Norte is 1.38× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,240 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Baja California at 31°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Baja California as 1.84× the size of Rio Grande do Norte instead of 1.38×.
• Together Baja California and Rio Grande do Norte cover 126,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 2.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 20,100 km², is about the size of Slovenia (20,300 km²).
• At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Baja California would have 4.6 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Baja California's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 2.4 million (it has 3.3 million).
• Baja California's centre is 36.4° of latitude, about 4,040 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Norte'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.
• Rio Grande do Norte is the 22nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Baja California lies about 36° of latitude (roughly 4,040 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, 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 Rio Grande do Norte about 15,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Baja California and Rio Grande do Norte would cover 126,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
• Together they have 6.6 million people, about as many people as Serbia.

Side by side

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 53,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,800 km², to within 2%.

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