Galicia is 1.07× the size of Alagoas

Galicia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 29,600 km² (11,400 mi²) and Alagoas (state of Brazil) about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

29,600km²Galicia
27,600km²Alagoas

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Galicia
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What fits

Alagoas is 93% of the size of Galicia.
Galicia is larger by 1,970 km² (762 mi²), which is 7.1% of the area of Alagoas.
Measured in Belgiums: Galicia is about 0.96, Alagoas about 0.90.

How they differ

Galicia is larger, but Alagoas has the larger population: 3.1 million against 2.7 million, 1.16× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 113 in Alagoas against 91 in Galicia: Alagoas is 1.24× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Galicia at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Galicia as 1.93× the size of Alagoas instead of 1.07×.
Together Galicia and Alagoas cover 57,200 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,970 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Alagoas's density, Galicia would have 3.4 million people (it has 2.7 million). At Galicia's density, Alagoas would have 2.5 million (it has 3.1 million).
Galicia's centre is 52.3° of latitude, about 5,810 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
Galicia is the 7th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Galicia lies about 52° of latitude (roughly 5,810 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Galicia would have about 10,950 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
Laid side by side, Galicia and Alagoas would cover 57,200 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 5.8 million people, about as many people as Denmark.

Side by side

	Galicia	Alagoas
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateBrazil
Area, measured	29,600 km²11,400 mi²	27,600 km²10,700 mi²
Official area	29,600 km²Wikidata	27,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 19in Spain	25th of 27in Brazil
Population	2.7 millionWikidata, 2024	3.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	5th of 19in Spain	19th of 27in Brazil
Density	91 per km²	113 per km²
Capital	–	Maceió
Latitude range	42°N to 44°N	11°S to 9°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 29,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Galicia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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