Goiás is 1.38× the size of Chihuahua
Goiás (state of Brazil) covers about 341,000 km² (132,000 mi²) and Chihuahua (state of Mexico) about 248,000 km² (95,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 341,000km²Goiás
- 248,000km²Chihuahua
200 km
- Goiás
- Chihuahua
What fits
- Chihuahua is 73% of the size of Goiás.
- Goiás is larger by 93,300 km² (36,000 mi²), which is 38% of the area of Chihuahua.
- Measured in Belgiums: Goiás is about 11.1, Chihuahua about 8.09.
How they differ
- Goiás also has the larger population: 7.1 million against 3.6 million, 1.98× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 21 in Goiás against 14 in Chihuahua: Goiás is 1.44× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,880 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Goiás at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Chihuahua at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Goiás as 1.14× the size of Chihuahua instead of 1.38×.
- Together Goiás and Chihuahua cover 589,000 km², close to the size of Morocco (592,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 93,300 km², is about the size of Hungary (93,200 km²).
- At Chihuahua's density, Goiás would have 4.9 million people (it has 7.1 million). At Goiás's density, Chihuahua would have 5.1 million (it has 3.6 million).
- Chihuahua's centre is 44.8° of latitude, about 4,980 km, farther north than Goiás's.
- Goiás is the 7th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 4.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Chihuahua is the largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 13% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
- Chihuahua lies about 45° of latitude (roughly 4,980 km) north of Goiás, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Goiás would have about 48,360 m² and each person in Chihuahua about 69,720 m².
- Laid side by side, Goiás and Chihuahua would cover 589,000 km², about the same size as Morocco.
- Together they have 10.6 million people, about as many people as Sweden.
Side by side
| Goiás | Chihuahua | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 341,000 km²132,000 mi² | 248,000 km²95,700 mi² |
| Official area | 340,000 km²Wikidata | 247,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 27in Brazil | 1st of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 7.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.6 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 11th of 27in Brazil | 11th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 21 per km² | 14 per km² |
| Capital | Goiânia | Chihuahua City |
| Latitude range | 19°S to 12°S | 26°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 340,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 341,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 248,000 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