Basque Country is 1.22× the size of Federal District

Basque Country (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 7,060 km² (2,730 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

7,060km²Basque Country
5,790km²Federal District

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Basque Country
Federal District

What fits

Federal District is 82% of the size of Basque Country.
Basque Country is larger by 1,270 km² (490 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Federal District.
Measured in Belgiums: Basque Country is about 0.23, Federal District about 0.19.

How they differ

Basque Country is larger, but Federal District has the larger population: 2.8 million against 2.2 million, 1.26× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 316 in Basque Country: Federal District is 1.54× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Basque Country at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Federal District at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Basque Country as 2.11× the size of Federal District instead of 1.22×.
Together Basque Country and Federal District cover 12,900 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 1.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,270 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Federal District's density, Basque Country would have 3.4 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Basque Country's density, Federal District would have 1.8 million (it has 2.8 million).
Basque Country's centre is 58.8° of latitude, about 6,540 km, farther north than Federal District's.
Basque Country is the 14th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Basque Country lies about 59° of latitude (roughly 6,540 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Basque Country would have about 3,170 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
Laid side by side, Basque Country and Federal District would cover 12,900 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
Together they have 5.0 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.

Side by side

	Basque Country	Federal District
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	Federal DistrictBrazil
Area, measured	7,060 km²2,730 mi²	5,790 km²2,240 mi²
Official area	7,230 km²Wikidata	5,760 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 19in Spain	27th of 27in Brazil
Population	2.2 millionWikidata, 2024	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 19in Spain	20th of 27in Brazil
Density	316 per km²	486 per km²
Capital	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Brasília
Latitude range	42°N to 43°N	16°S to 15°S

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 7,060 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,230 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Basque Country is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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

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