Federal District is 1.07× the size of Cyprus

Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Cyprus (Asia) about 5,400 km² (2,080 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,790km²Federal District
5,400km²Cyprus

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Federal District
Cyprus

What fits

Cyprus is 93% of the size of Federal District.
Federal District is larger by 397 km² (153 mi²), which is 7.4% of the area of Cyprus.
Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Cyprus about 0.18.

How they differ

Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 1.3 million, 2.09× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 249 in Cyprus: Federal District is 1.95× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
On a standard web map Cyprus looks larger than Federal District: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Cyprus at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Cyprus as 1.28× the size of Federal District, when Federal District is 1.07× the size of Cyprus.
Together Federal District and Cyprus cover 11,200 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 397 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
At Cyprus's density, Federal District would have 1.4 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Cyprus would have 2.6 million (it has 1.3 million).
Cyprus's centre is 50.7° of latitude, about 5,640 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.
Cyprus ranks 174th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Cyprus lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,640 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 Cyprus about 4,010 m².
Laid side by side, Federal District and Cyprus would cover 11,200 km², about the same size as Qatar.
Together they have 4.2 million people, 1.06× as many people as Georgia.
Counted as a country, Federal District would rank 172nd by area and 139th by population.

Side by side

	Federal District	Cyprus
Is a	Federal DistrictBrazil	CountryAsia
Area, measured	5,790 km²2,240 mi²	5,400 km²2,080 mi²
Official area	5,760 km²Wikidata	9,240 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 27in Brazil	173rd of 239worldwide
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	1.3 millionWikidata, 2023
Rank by population	20th of 27in Brazil	158th of 237worldwide
Density	486 per km²	249 per km²
Capital	Brasília	Nicosia
Latitude range	16°S to 15°S	35°N to 35°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2023. 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 5,400 km² is 42% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,240 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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