Espírito Santo is 1.07× the size of Denmark

Espírito Santo (state of Brazil) covers about 45,800 km² (17,700 mi²) and Denmark (Europe) about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

45,800km²Espírito Santo
42,700km²Denmark

100 km

Espírito Santo
Denmark

What fits

Denmark is 93% of the size of Espírito Santo.
Espírito Santo is larger by 3,110 km² (1,200 mi²), which is 7.3% of the area of Denmark.
Measured in Belgiums: Espírito Santo is about 1.49, Denmark about 1.39.

How they differ

Espírito Santo is larger, but Denmark has the larger population: 5.8 million against 3.8 million, 1.52× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 136 in Denmark against 84 in Espírito Santo: Denmark is 1.63× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,650 km apart.
On a standard web map Denmark looks larger than Espírito Santo: Espírito Santo at 20°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Denmark as 2.64× the size of Espírito Santo, when Espírito Santo is 1.07× the size of Denmark.
Together Espírito Santo and Denmark cover 88,500 km², close to the size of Jordan (88,900 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,110 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Denmark's density, Espírito Santo would have 6.2 million people (it has 3.8 million). At Espírito Santo's density, Denmark would have 3.6 million (it has 5.8 million).
Denmark's centre is 75.5° of latitude, about 8,400 km, farther north than Espírito Santo's.
Espírito Santo is the 23rd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Denmark ranks 134th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Denmark lies about 76° of latitude (roughly 8,400 km) north of Espírito Santo, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Espírito Santo would have about 11,950 m² and each person in Denmark about 7,330 m².
Laid side by side, Espírito Santo and Denmark would cover 88,500 km², about the same size as Jordan.
Together they have 9.7 million people, about as many people as Hungary.
Counted as a country, Espírito Santo would rank 133rd by area and 132nd by population.

Side by side

	Espírito Santo	Denmark
Is a	StateBrazil	CountryEurope
Area, measured	45,800 km²17,700 mi²	42,700 km²16,500 mi²
Official area	46,100 km²Wikidata	42,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	23rd of 27in Brazil	133rd of 239worldwide
Population	3.8 millionWikidata, 2022	5.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	15th of 27in Brazil	115th of 237worldwide
Density	84 per km²	136 per km²
Capital	Vitória	Copenhagen
Latitude range	21°S to 18°S	55°N to 58°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 46,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 45,800 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 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

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