Burkina Faso and Rio Grande do Sul are almost exactly the same size
Burkina Faso (Africa) covers about 273,000 km² (105,000 mi²) and Rio Grande do Sul (state of Brazil) about 272,000 km² (105,000 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 273,000km²Burkina Faso
- 272,000km²Rio Grande do Sul
200 km
- Burkina Faso
- Rio Grande do Sul
What fits
- Rio Grande do Sul is 100% of the size of Burkina Faso.
- The measured areas differ by 488 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Burkina Faso is about 8.89, Rio Grande do Sul about 8.88.
How they differ
- Burkina Faso also has the larger population: 23.0 million against 10.9 million, 2.12× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 84 in Burkina Faso against 40 in Rio Grande do Sul: Burkina Faso is 2.11× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,230 km apart.
- On a standard web map Rio Grande do Sul looks larger than Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso at 12°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Rio Grande do Sul at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Rio Grande do Sul as 1.26× the size of Burkina Faso, when Burkina Faso is 1.00× the size of Rio Grande do Sul.
- Together Burkina Faso and Rio Grande do Sul cover 545,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Burkina Faso would have 10.9 million people (it has 23.0 million). At Burkina Faso's density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 23.0 million (it has 10.9 million).
- Burkina Faso's centre is 42.0° of latitude, about 4,670 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Sul's.
- Burkina Faso ranks 75th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Rio Grande do Sul is the 10th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Burkina Faso lies about 42° of latitude (roughly 4,670 km) north of Rio Grande do Sul, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Burkina Faso would have about 11,850 m² and each person in Rio Grande do Sul about 25,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Burkina Faso and Rio Grande do Sul would cover 545,000 km², about the same size as France.
- Together they have 33.9 million people, about as many people as Peru.
- Counted as a country, Rio Grande do Sul would rank 75th by area and 86th by population.
Side by side
| Burkina Faso | Rio Grande do Sul | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 273,000 km²105,000 mi² | 272,000 km²105,000 mi² |
| Official area | 274,000 km²Wikidata | 282,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 74th of 239worldwide | 10th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 23.0 millionWikidata, 2023 | 10.9 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 58th of 237worldwide | 6th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 84 per km² | 40 per km² |
| Capital | Ouagadougou | Porto Alegre |
| Latitude range | 9°N to 15°N | 34°S to 27°S |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 274,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 273,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 272,000 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 282,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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