Canary Islands is 1.28× the size of Federal District

Canary Islands (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 7,440 km² (2,870 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

7,440km²Canary Islands
5,790km²Federal District

100 km

Canary Islands
Federal District

What fits

Federal District is 78% of the size of Canary Islands.
Canary Islands is larger by 1,640 km² (634 mi²), which is 28% of the area of Federal District.
Measured in Belgiums: Canary Islands is about 0.24, Federal District about 0.19.

How they differ

Canary Islands is larger, but Federal District has the larger population: 2.8 million against 2.2 million, 1.26× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 300 in Canary Islands: Federal District is 1.62× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Canary Islands at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Federal District at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Canary Islands as 1.53× the size of Federal District instead of 1.28×.
Together Canary Islands and Federal District cover 13,200 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,640 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Federal District's density, Canary Islands would have 3.6 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Canary Islands's density, Federal District would have 1.7 million (it has 2.8 million).
Canary Islands's centre is 44.1° of latitude, about 4,910 km, farther north than Federal District's.
Canary Islands is the 13th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Canary Islands lies about 44° of latitude (roughly 4,910 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Canary Islands would have about 3,340 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
Laid side by side, Canary Islands and Federal District would cover 13,200 km², 96% of the size of Montenegro.
Together they have 5.0 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.

Side by side

	Canary Islands	Federal District
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	Federal DistrictBrazil
Area, measured	7,440 km²2,870 mi²	5,790 km²2,240 mi²
Official area	7,450 km²Wikidata	5,760 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 19in Spain	27th of 27in Brazil
Population	2.2 millionWikidata, 2024	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	8th of 19in Spain	20th of 27in Brazil
Density	300 per km²	486 per km²
Capital	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Brasília
Latitude range	28°N to 29°N	16°S to 15°S

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 7,450 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,440 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Canary Islands is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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