Chile is 1.26× the size of Minas Gerais
Chile (South America) covers about 736,000 km² (284,000 mi²) and Minas Gerais (state of Brazil) about 586,000 km² (226,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 736,000km²Chile
- 586,000km²Minas Gerais
500 km
- Chile
- Minas Gerais
What fits
- Minas Gerais is 80% of the size of Chile.
- Chile is larger by 150,000 km² (57,900 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Minas Gerais.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chile is about 24.0, Minas Gerais about 19.1.
How they differ
- Chile is larger, but Minas Gerais has the larger population: 20.5 million against 19.5 million, 1.06× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 35 in Minas Gerais against 26 in Chile: Minas Gerais is 1.33× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,240 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Chile at 36°S is drawn about 1.5× too large and Minas Gerais at 18°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Chile as 1.73× the size of Minas Gerais instead of 1.26×.
- Together Chile and Minas Gerais cover 1,323,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 2.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 150,000 km², is about the size of Nepal (147,000 km²).
- At Minas Gerais's density, Chile would have 25.8 million people (it has 19.5 million). At Chile's density, Minas Gerais would have 15.5 million (it has 20.5 million).
- Minas Gerais's centre is 17.6° of latitude, about 1,960 km, farther north than Chile's.
- Chile ranks 40th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Minas Gerais is the 4th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 6.9% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Minas Gerais lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,960 km) north of Chile.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chile would have about 37,860 m² and each person in Minas Gerais about 28,550 m².
- Laid side by side, Chile and Minas Gerais would cover 1,323,000 km², about the same size as Peru.
- Together they have 40.0 million people, about as many people as Sudan.
- Counted as a country, Minas Gerais would rank 46th by area and 62nd by population.
Side by side
| Chile | Minas Gerais | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 736,000 km²284,000 mi² | 586,000 km²226,000 mi² |
| Official area | 756,000 km²Wikidata | 587,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 39th of 239worldwide | 4th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 19.5 millionWikidata, 2021 | 20.5 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 64th of 237worldwide | 2nd of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 26 per km² | 35 per km² |
| Capital | Santiago | Belo Horizonte |
| Latitude range | 56°S to 18°S | 23°S to 14°S |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 737,000 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 756,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 587,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 586,000 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