Federal District is 1.13× the size of Balearic Islands

Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,790km²Federal District
5,120km²Balearic Islands

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Federal District
Balearic Islands

What fits

Balearic Islands is 88% of the size of Federal District.
Federal District is larger by 675 km² (261 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Balearic Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Balearic Islands about 0.17.

How they differ

Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 1.2 million, 2.39× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 230 in Balearic Islands: Federal District is 2.12× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,090 km apart.
On a standard web map Balearic Islands looks larger than Federal District: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Balearic Islands at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Balearic Islands as 1.38× the size of Federal District, when Federal District is 1.13× the size of Balearic Islands.
Together Federal District and Balearic Islands cover 10,900 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 0.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 675 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
At Balearic Islands's density, Federal District would have 1.3 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Balearic Islands would have 2.5 million (it has 1.2 million).
Balearic Islands's centre is 55.3° of latitude, about 6,150 km, farther north than Federal District's.
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.
Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Balearic Islands lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,150 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Federal District would have about 2,060 m² and each person in Balearic Islands about 4,350 m².
Laid side by side, Federal District and Balearic Islands would cover 10,900 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Federal District	Balearic Islands
Is a	Federal DistrictBrazil	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	5,790 km²2,240 mi²	5,120 km²1,980 mi²
Official area	5,760 km²Wikidata	4,990 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 27in Brazil	17th of 19in Spain
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	1.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	20th of 27in Brazil	12th of 19in Spain
Density	486 per km²	230 per km²
Capital	Brasília	Palma
Latitude range	16°S to 15°S	39°N to 40°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 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

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