Goiás is 7.99× the size of Denmark
Goiás (state of Brazil) covers about 341,000 km² (132,000 mi²) and Denmark (Europe) about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 341,000km²Goiás
- 42,700km²Denmark
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- Goiás
- Denmark
What fits
- Denmark fits inside Goiás about 7.99 times by area.
- Goiás is larger by 299,000 km² (115,000 mi²), which is 699% of the area of Denmark.
- Measured in Belgiums: Goiás is about 11.1, Denmark about 1.39.
How they differ
- Goiás also has the larger population: 7.1 million against 5.8 million, 1.21× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 136 in Denmark against 21 in Goiás: Denmark is 6.60× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,730 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Goiás at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Goiás as 2.71× the size of Denmark instead of 7.99×.
- Together Goiás and Denmark cover 384,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 299,000 km², is about the size of Italy (301,000 km²).
- At Denmark's density, Goiás would have 46.5 million people (it has 7.1 million). At Goiás's density, Denmark would have 883,000 (it has 5.8 million).
- Denmark's centre is 72.0° of latitude, about 8,000 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.
- Denmark ranks 134th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Denmark lies about 72° of latitude (roughly 8,000 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 Denmark about 7,330 m².
- Laid side by side, Goiás and Denmark would cover 384,000 km², about the same size as Norway.
- Together they have 12.9 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
- Counted as a country, Goiás would rank 66th by area and 106th by population.
Side by side
| Goiás | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 341,000 km²132,000 mi² | 42,700 km²16,500 mi² |
| Official area | 340,000 km²Wikidata | 42,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 27in Brazil | 133rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 7.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 11th of 27in Brazil | 115th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 21 per km² | 136 per km² |
| Capital | Goiânia | Copenhagen |
| Latitude range | 19°S to 12°S | 55°N to 58°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 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