Catalonia is 1.16× the size of Alagoas

Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 32,000 km² (12,300 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.

32,000km²Catalonia
27,600km²Alagoas

100 km

Catalonia
Alagoas

What fits

Alagoas is 86% of the size of Catalonia.
Catalonia is larger by 4,350 km² (1,680 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Alagoas.
Measured in Belgiums: Catalonia is about 1.04, Alagoas about 0.90.

How they differ

Catalonia also has the larger population: 8.0 million against 3.1 million, 2.57× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 251 in Catalonia against 113 in Alagoas: Catalonia is 2.22× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Catalonia at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Catalonia as 2.03× the size of Alagoas instead of 1.16×.
Together Catalonia and Alagoas cover 59,600 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 4.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,350 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Alagoas's density, Catalonia would have 3.6 million people (it has 8.0 million). At Catalonia's density, Alagoas would have 6.9 million (it has 3.1 million).
Catalonia's centre is 51.3° of latitude, about 5,710 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
Catalonia is the 6th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 6.3% of its area; it is the 6th 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.
Catalonia lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,710 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Catalonia would have about 3,980 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
Laid side by side, Catalonia and Alagoas would cover 59,600 km², 1.05× the size of Togo.
Together they have 11.2 million people, about as many people as Somalia.

Side by side

	Catalonia	Alagoas
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateBrazil
Area, measured	32,000 km²12,300 mi²	27,600 km²10,700 mi²
Official area	31,900 km²Wikidata	27,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 19in Spain	25th of 27in Brazil
Population	8.0 millionWikidata, 2024	3.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	2nd of 19in Spain	19th of 27in Brazil
Density	251 per km²	113 per km²
Capital	Barcelona	Maceió
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	11°S to 9°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 31,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 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. The outline of Catalonia 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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