British Columbia is 1.05× the size of Mato Grosso

What fits

• Mato Grosso is 96% of the size of British Columbia.
• British Columbia is larger by 42,400 km² (16,400 mi²), which is 4.7% of the area of Mato Grosso.
• Measured in Belgiums: British Columbia is about 30.8, Mato Grosso about 29.4.

How they differ

• British Columbia also has the larger population: 5.0 million against 3.7 million, 1.37× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 5.3 in British Columbia against 4.1 in Mato Grosso: British Columbia is 1.31× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,850 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: British Columbia at 55°N is drawn about 3.0× too large and Mato Grosso at 13°S about 1.1×, so the map shows British Columbia as 2.96× the size of Mato Grosso instead of 1.05×.
• Together British Columbia and Mato Grosso cover 1,849,000 km², close to the size of Sudan (1,856,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 42,400 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
• At Mato Grosso's density, British Columbia would have 3.8 million people (it has 5.0 million). At British Columbia's density, Mato Grosso would have 4.8 million (it has 3.7 million).
• British Columbia's centre is 67.5° of latitude, about 7,510 km, farther north than Mato Grosso's.
• British Columbia is the 5th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 9.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Mato Grosso is the 3rd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 11% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
• British Columbia lies about 68° of latitude (roughly 7,510 km) north of Mato Grosso, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in British Columbia would have about 189,090 m² and each person in Mato Grosso about 246,870 m².
• Laid side by side, British Columbia and Mato Grosso would cover 1,849,000 km², about the same size as Sudan.
• Together they have 8.7 million people, 97% as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 945,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 946,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 903,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 903,000 km², to within 2%.

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