Brandenburg is 1.09× the size of Alagoas

Brandenburg (state of Germany) covers about 30,000 km² (11,600 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.

30,000km²Brandenburg
27,600km²Alagoas

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Brandenburg
Alagoas

What fits

Alagoas is 92% of the size of Brandenburg.
Brandenburg is larger by 2,420 km² (934 mi²), which is 8.8% of the area of Alagoas.
Measured in Belgiums: Brandenburg is about 0.98, Alagoas about 0.90.

How they differ

Brandenburg is larger, but Alagoas has the larger population: 3.1 million against 2.5 million, 1.23× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 113 in Alagoas against 84 in Brandenburg: Alagoas is 1.34× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,370 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Brandenburg at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 2.85× the size of Alagoas instead of 1.09×.
Together Brandenburg and Alagoas cover 57,700 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,420 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Alagoas's density, Brandenburg would have 3.4 million people (it has 2.5 million). At Brandenburg's density, Alagoas would have 2.3 million (it has 3.1 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 62.0° of latitude, about 6,890 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
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.
Brandenburg lies about 62° of latitude (roughly 6,890 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Brandenburg would have about 11,850 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
Laid side by side, Brandenburg and Alagoas would cover 57,700 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 5.7 million people, about as many people as Finland.

Side by side

	Brandenburg	Alagoas
Is a	StateGermany	StateBrazil
Area, measured	30,000 km²11,600 mi²	27,600 km²10,700 mi²
Official area	29,500 km²Wikidata	27,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 16in Germany	25th of 27in Brazil
Population	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022	3.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	10th of 16in Germany	19th of 27in Brazil
Density	84 per km²	113 per km²
Capital	Potsdam	Maceió
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	11°S to 9°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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
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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