Community of Madrid is 1.38× the size of Federal District

Community of Madrid (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 8,000 km² (3,090 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,000km²Community of Madrid
5,790km²Federal District

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Community of Madrid
Federal District

What fits

Federal District is 72% of the size of Community of Madrid.
Community of Madrid is larger by 2,210 km² (853 mi²), which is 38% of the area of Federal District.
Measured in Belgiums: Community of Madrid is about 0.26, Federal District about 0.19.

How they differ

Community of Madrid also has the larger population: 7.0 million against 2.8 million, 2.49× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 875 in Community of Madrid against 486 in Federal District: Community of Madrid is 1.80× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,730 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Community of Madrid at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Federal District at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Community of Madrid as 2.21× the size of Federal District instead of 1.38×.
Together Community of Madrid and Federal District cover 13,800 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,210 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Federal District's density, Community of Madrid would have 3.9 million people (it has 7.0 million). At Community of Madrid's density, Federal District would have 5.1 million (it has 2.8 million).
Community of Madrid's centre is 56.3° of latitude, about 6,260 km, farther north than Federal District's.
Community of Madrid is the 12th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Community of Madrid lies about 56° of latitude (roughly 6,260 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Community of Madrid would have about 1,140 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
Laid side by side, Community of Madrid and Federal District would cover 13,800 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
Together they have 9.8 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.

Side by side

	Community of Madrid	Federal District
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	Federal DistrictBrazil
Area, measured	8,000 km²3,090 mi²	5,790 km²2,240 mi²
Official area	8,030 km²Wikidata	5,760 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 19in Spain	27th of 27in Brazil
Population	7.0 millionWikidata, 2024	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	3rd of 19in Spain	20th of 27in Brazil
Density	875 per km²	486 per km²
Capital	Madrid	Brasília
Latitude range	40°N to 41°N	16°S to 15°S

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 8,030 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 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

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