Ceará is 1.10× the size of Bangladesh
Ceará (state of Brazil) covers about 150,000 km² (58,000 mi²) and Bangladesh (Asia) about 137,000 km² (52,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 150,000km²Ceará
- 137,000km²Bangladesh
100 km
- Ceará
- Bangladesh
What fits
- Bangladesh is 91% of the size of Ceará.
- Ceará is larger by 13,300 km² (5,140 mi²), which is 9.7% of the area of Bangladesh.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ceará is about 4.90, Bangladesh about 4.46.
How they differ
- Ceará is larger, but Bangladesh has the larger population: 171.5 million against 8.8 million, 19.5× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,252 in Bangladesh against 59 in Ceará: Bangladesh is 21.4× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,300 km apart.
- On a standard web map Bangladesh looks larger than Ceará: Ceará at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Bangladesh at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Bangladesh as 1.08× the size of Ceará, when Ceará is 1.10× the size of Bangladesh.
- Together Ceará and Bangladesh cover 287,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 13,300 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
- At Bangladesh's density, Ceará would have 188.2 million people (it has 8.8 million). At Ceará's density, Bangladesh would have 8.0 million (it has 171.5 million).
- Bangladesh's centre is 28.9° of latitude, about 3,220 km, farther north than Ceará's.
- Ceará is the 17th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Bangladesh ranks 97th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Bangladesh lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,220 km) north of Ceará, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Ceará would have about 17,080 m² and each person in Bangladesh about 800 m².
- Laid side by side, Ceará and Bangladesh would cover 287,000 km², about the same size as the Philippines.
- Together they have 180.3 million people, 85% as many people as Nigeria.
- Counted as a country, Ceará would rank 93rd by area and 100th by population.
Side by side
| Ceará | Bangladesh | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 150,000 km²58,000 mi² | 137,000 km²52,900 mi² |
| Official area | 146,000 km²Wikidata | 148,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 27in Brazil | 96th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 8.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 171.5 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 27in Brazil | 8th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 59 per km² | 1,252 per km² |
| Capital | Fortaleza | Dhaka |
| Latitude range | 8°S to 3°S | 21°N to 27°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 150,000 km² is 2.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 146,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Our measured 137,000 km² is 7.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 148,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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