Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 1.09× the size of Rio de Janeiro

What fits

• Rio de Janeiro is 92% of the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is larger by 4,020 km² (1,550 mi²), which is 9.1% of the area of Rio de Janeiro.
• Measured in Belgiums: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is about 1.56, Rio de Janeiro about 1.43.

How they differ

• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is larger, but Rio de Janeiro has the larger population: 16.1 million against 2.8 million, 5.73× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 365 in Rio de Janeiro against 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Rio de Janeiro is 6.25× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,060 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Rio de Janeiro at 22°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Bourgogne-Franche-Comté as 2.03× the size of Rio de Janeiro instead of 1.09×.
• Together Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Rio de Janeiro cover 92,000 km², close to the size of Portugal (91,400 km², 0.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 4,020 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
• At Rio de Janeiro's density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 17.5 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, Rio de Janeiro would have 2.6 million (it has 16.1 million).
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's centre is 69.4° of latitude, about 7,720 km, farther north than Rio de Janeiro's.
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the 6th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Rio de Janeiro is the 24th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté lies about 69° of latitude (roughly 7,720 km) north of Rio de Janeiro, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have about 17,120 m² and each person in Rio de Janeiro about 2,740 m².
• Laid side by side, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Rio de Janeiro would cover 92,000 km², about the same size as Portugal.
• Together they have 18.9 million people, about as many people as Romania.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 47,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 43,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 44,000 km², to within 2%.

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