Coahuila and Ceará are almost exactly the same size
Coahuila (state of Mexico) covers about 151,000 km² (58,300 mi²) and Ceará (state of Brazil) about 150,000 km² (58,000 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 151,000km²Coahuila
- 150,000km²Ceará
100 km
- Coahuila
- Ceará
What fits
- Ceará is 100% of the size of Coahuila.
- The measured areas differ by 750 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Coahuila is about 4.92, Ceará about 4.90.
How they differ
- Coahuila is larger, but Ceará has the larger population: 8.8 million against 3.0 million, 2.98× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 59 in Ceará against 20 in Coahuila: Ceará is 2.99× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Coahuila at 27°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Ceará at 5°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Coahuila as 1.26× the size of Ceará instead of 1.00×.
- Together Coahuila and Ceará cover 301,000 km², close to the size of Italy (301,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
- At Ceará's density, Coahuila would have 8.8 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Coahuila's density, Ceará would have 2.9 million (it has 8.8 million).
- Coahuila's centre is 32.4° of latitude, about 3,600 km, farther north than Ceará's.
- Coahuila is the 3rd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 7.7% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
- 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.
- Coahuila lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,600 km) north of Ceará, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Coahuila would have about 51,090 m² and each person in Ceará about 17,080 m².
- Laid side by side, Coahuila and Ceará would cover 301,000 km², about the same size as Italy.
- Together they have 11.7 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
Side by side
| Coahuila | Ceará | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 151,000 km²58,300 mi² | 150,000 km²58,000 mi² |
| Official area | 152,000 km²Wikidata | 146,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 32in Mexico | 17th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2010 | 8.8 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 16th of 32in Mexico | 8th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 20 per km² | 59 per km² |
| Capital | Saltillo | Fortaleza |
| Latitude range | 25°N to 30°N | 8°S to 3°S |
Population: Wikidata 2010 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 152,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 151,000 km², to within 2%.
- 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.
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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