Ceará is 1.02× the size of Florida

Ceará (state of Brazil) covers about 150,000 km² (58,000 mi²) and Florida (state of the United States) about 147,000 km² (56,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

150,000km²Ceará
147,000km²Florida

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Ceará
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What fits

Florida is 98% of the size of Ceará.
Ceará is larger by 3,510 km² (1,350 mi²), which is 2.4% of the area of Florida.
Measured in Belgiums: Ceará is about 4.90, Florida about 4.78.

How they differ

Ceará is larger, but Florida has the larger population: 21.5 million against 8.8 million, 2.45× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 147 in Florida against 59 in Ceará: Florida is 2.51× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,920 km apart.
On a standard web map Florida looks larger than Ceará: Ceará at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Florida at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Florida as 1.26× the size of Ceará, when Ceará is 1.02× the size of Florida.
Together Ceará and Florida cover 297,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,510 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Florida's density, Ceará would have 22.1 million people (it has 8.8 million). At Ceará's density, Florida would have 8.6 million (it has 21.5 million).
Florida's centre is 33.7° of latitude, about 3,750 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.
Florida is the 25th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Florida lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,750 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 Florida about 6,810 m².
Laid side by side, Ceará and Florida would cover 297,000 km², about the same size as the Philippines.
Together they have 30.3 million people, about as many people as Mozambique.

Side by side

	Ceará	Florida
Is a	StateBrazil	StateUnited States
Area, measured	150,000 km²58,000 mi²	147,000 km²56,600 mi²
Official area	146,000 km²Wikidata	170,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	17th of 27in Brazil	25th of 51in the United States
Population	8.8 millionWikidata, 2022	21.5 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	8th of 27in Brazil	3rd of 51in the United States
Density	59 per km²	147 per km²
Capital	Fortaleza	Tallahassee
Latitude range	8°S to 3°S	25°N to 31°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 147,000 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 170,000 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
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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