Ceará and Illinois are almost exactly the same size
Ceará (state of Brazil) covers about 150,000 km² (58,000 mi²) and Illinois (state of the United States) about 150,000 km² (58,000 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 150,000km²Ceará
- 150,000km²Illinois
100 km
- Ceará
- Illinois
What fits
- Illinois is 100% of the size of Ceará.
- The measured areas differ by 74.4 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ceará is about 4.90, Illinois about 4.90.
How they differ
- Ceará is larger, but Illinois has the larger population: 12.8 million against 8.8 million, 1.46× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 85 in Illinois against 59 in Ceará: Illinois is 1.46× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,120 km apart.
- On a standard web map Illinois looks larger than Ceará: Ceará at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Illinois at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Illinois as 1.69× the size of Ceará, when Ceará is 1.00× the size of Illinois.
- Together Ceará and Illinois cover 300,000 km², close to the size of Italy (301,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
- At Illinois's density, Ceará would have 12.8 million people (it has 8.8 million). At Ceará's density, Illinois would have 8.8 million (it has 12.8 million).
- Illinois's centre is 45.2° of latitude, about 5,030 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.
- Illinois is the 24th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Illinois lies about 45° of latitude (roughly 5,030 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 Illinois about 11,720 m².
- Laid side by side, Ceará and Illinois would cover 300,000 km², about the same size as Italy.
- Together they have 21.6 million people, about as many people as Niger.
Side by side
| Ceará | Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 150,000 km²58,000 mi² | 150,000 km²58,000 mi² |
| Official area | 146,000 km²Wikidata | 150,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 27in Brazil | 24th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 8.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 12.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 27in Brazil | 6th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 59 per km² | 85 per km² |
| Capital | Fortaleza | Springfield |
| Latitude range | 8°S to 3°S | 37°N to 43°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.
- Wikidata's official figure of 150,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 150,000 km², to within 2%.
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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