California is 1.15× the size of Mato Grosso do Sul

What fits

• Mato Grosso do Sul is 87% of the size of California.
• California is larger by 53,700 km² (20,700 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Mato Grosso do Sul.
• Measured in Belgiums: California is about 13.4, Mato Grosso do Sul about 11.6.

How they differ

• California also has the larger population: 39.5 million against 2.8 million, 14.3× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 96 in California against 7.7 in Mato Grosso do Sul: California is 12.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: California at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Mato Grosso do Sul at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows California as 1.59× the size of Mato Grosso do Sul instead of 1.15×.
• Together California and Mato Grosso do Sul cover 766,000 km², close to the size of Zambia (752,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 53,700 km², is about the size of Croatia (55,000 km²).
• At Mato Grosso do Sul's density, California would have 3.2 million people (it has 39.5 million). At California's density, Mato Grosso do Sul would have 34.4 million (it has 2.8 million).
• California's centre is 57.5° of latitude, about 6,390 km, farther north than Mato Grosso do Sul's.
• California is the 3rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Mato Grosso do Sul is the 6th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 4.2% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
• California lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,390 km) north of Mato Grosso do Sul, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in California would have about 10,360 m² and each person in Mato Grosso do Sul about 129,140 m².
• Laid side by side, California and Mato Grosso do Sul would cover 766,000 km², about the same size as Zambia.
• Together they have 42.3 million people, about as many people as Afghanistan.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 410,000 km² is 3.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 424,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 357,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 356,000 km², to within 2%.

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