Goiás is 16.1× the size of Massachusetts
Goiás (state of Brazil) covers about 341,000 km² (132,000 mi²) and Massachusetts (state of the United States) about 21,200 km² (8,170 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 341,000km²Goiás
- 21,200km²Massachusetts
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- Goiás
- Massachusetts
What fits
- Massachusetts fits inside Goiás about 16.1 times by area.
- Goiás is larger by 320,000 km² (124,000 mi²), which is 1,513% of the area of Massachusetts.
- Measured in Belgiums: Goiás is about 11.1, Massachusetts about 0.69.
How they differ
- Goiás also has the larger population: 7.1 million against 7.0 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 332 in Massachusetts against 21 in Goiás: Massachusetts is 16.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,870 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Goiás at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Massachusetts at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Goiás as 9.56× the size of Massachusetts instead of 16.1×.
- Together Goiás and Massachusetts cover 362,000 km², close to the size of Germany (358,000 km², 1.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 320,000 km², is about the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km²).
- At Massachusetts's density, Goiás would have 113.4 million people (it has 7.1 million). At Goiás's density, Massachusetts would have 438,000 (it has 7.0 million).
- Massachusetts's centre is 58.3° of latitude, about 6,480 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.
- Massachusetts is the 45th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Massachusetts lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,480 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 Massachusetts about 3,010 m².
- Laid side by side, Goiás and Massachusetts would cover 362,000 km², about the same size as Germany.
- Together they have 14.1 million people, about as many people as Benin.
Side by side
| Goiás | Massachusetts | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 341,000 km²132,000 mi² | 21,200 km²8,170 mi² |
| Official area | 340,000 km²Wikidata | 27,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 27in Brazil | 45th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 7.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 11th of 27in Brazil | 15th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 21 per km² | 332 per km² |
| Capital | Goiânia | Boston |
| Latitude range | 19°S to 12°S | 41°N to 43°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%.
- Our measured 21,200 km² is 23% below Wikidata's official figure of 27,300 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
- 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