Bavaria is 1.24× the size of Paraíba

Bavaria (state of Germany) covers about 70,000 km² (27,000 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.

70,000km²Bavaria
56,500km²Paraíba

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Bavaria
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What fits

Paraíba is 81% of the size of Bavaria.
Bavaria is larger by 13,500 km² (5,220 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Paraíba.
Measured in Belgiums: Bavaria is about 2.28, Paraíba about 1.84.

How they differ

Bavaria also has the larger population: 13.0 million against 4.0 million, 3.28× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 70 in Paraíba: Bavaria is 2.65× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,790 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bavaria at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Paraíba at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Bavaria as 2.83× the size of Paraíba instead of 1.24×.
Together Bavaria and Paraíba cover 127,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 1.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 13,500 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
At Paraíba's density, Bavaria would have 4.9 million people (it has 13.0 million). At Bavaria's density, Paraíba would have 10.5 million (it has 4.0 million).
Bavaria's centre is 56.1° of latitude, about 6,230 km, farther north than Paraíba's.
Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th 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.
Bavaria lies about 56° of latitude (roughly 6,230 km) north of Paraíba, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Bavaria would have about 5,370 m² and each person in Paraíba about 14,220 m².
Laid side by side, Bavaria and Paraíba would cover 127,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
Together they have 17.0 million people, about as many people as Ecuador.

Side by side

	Bavaria	Paraíba
Is a	StateGermany	StateBrazil
Area, measured	70,000 km²27,000 mi²	56,500 km²21,800 mi²
Official area	70,600 km²Wikidata	56,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 16in Germany	21st of 27in Brazil
Population	13.0 millionWikidata, 2022	4.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	2nd of 16in Germany	13th of 27in Brazil
Density	186 per km²	70 per km²
Capital	Munich	João Pessoa
Latitude range	47°N to 51°N	8°S to 6°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.
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

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