Ceará is 1.02× the size of Nepal
Ceará (state of Brazil) covers about 150,000 km² (58,000 mi²) and Nepal (Asia) about 147,000 km² (56,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 150,000km²Ceará
- 147,000km²Nepal
200 km
- Ceará
- Nepal
What fits
- Nepal is 98% of the size of Ceará.
- Ceará is larger by 3,120 km² (1,210 mi²), which is 2.1% of the area of Nepal.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ceará is about 4.90, Nepal about 4.80.
How they differ
- Ceará is larger, but Nepal has the larger population: 29.2 million against 8.8 million, 3.32× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 198 in Nepal against 59 in Ceará: Nepal is 3.39× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,500 km apart.
- On a standard web map Nepal looks larger than Ceará: Ceará at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Nepal at 28°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Nepal as 1.25× the size of Ceará, when Ceará is 1.02× the size of Nepal.
- Together Ceará and Nepal cover 297,000 km², close to the size of Italy (301,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 3,120 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
- At Nepal's density, Ceará would have 29.8 million people (it has 8.8 million). At Ceará's density, Nepal would have 8.6 million (it has 29.2 million).
- Nepal's centre is 33.4° of latitude, about 3,710 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.
- Nepal ranks 94th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Nepal lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,710 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 Nepal about 5,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Ceará and Nepal would cover 297,000 km², about the same size as Italy.
- Together they have 38.0 million people, about as many people as Iraq.
- Counted as a country, Ceará would rank 93rd by area and 100th by population.
Side by side
| Ceará | Nepal | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 150,000 km²58,000 mi² | 147,000 km²56,800 mi² |
| Official area | 146,000 km²Wikidata | 147,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 27in Brazil | 93rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 8.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 29.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 27in Brazil | 51st of 237worldwide |
| Density | 59 per km² | 198 per km² |
| Capital | Fortaleza | Kathmandu |
| Latitude range | 8°S to 3°S | 26°N to 30°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. 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 147,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 147,000 km², to within 2%.
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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