Belgium is 1.11× the size of Alagoas
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Alagoas (state of Brazil) about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 27,600km²Alagoas
100 km
- Belgium
- Alagoas
What fits
- Alagoas is 90% of the size of Belgium.
- Belgium is larger by 3,050 km² (1,180 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Alagoas.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Alagoas about 0.67.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 3.1 million, 3.78× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 113 in Alagoas: Belgium is 3.40× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,780 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Belgium as 2.69× the size of Alagoas instead of 1.11×.
- Together Belgium and Alagoas cover 58,300 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 2.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 3,050 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
- At Alagoas's density, Belgium would have 3.5 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Alagoas would have 10.6 million (it has 3.1 million).
- Belgium's centre is 60.2° of latitude, about 6,690 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 60° of latitude (roughly 6,690 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Alagoas would cover 58,300 km², about the same size as Togo.
- Together they have 15.0 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.
- Counted as a country, Alagoas would rank 144th by area and 137th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Alagoas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 27,600 km²10,700 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 27,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 25th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 3.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 19th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 386 per km² | 113 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Maceió |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 11°S to 9°S |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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