Goiás is 1.08× the size of New Mexico

Goiás (state of Brazil) covers about 341,000 km² (132,000 mi²) and New Mexico (state of the United States) about 315,000 km² (122,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

341,000km²Goiás
315,000km²New Mexico

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Goiás
New Mexico

What fits

New Mexico is 92% of the size of Goiás.
Goiás is larger by 26,200 km² (10,100 mi²), which is 8.3% of the area of New Mexico.
Measured in Belgiums: Goiás is about 11.1, New Mexico about 10.3.

How they differ

Goiás also has the larger population: 7.1 million against 2.1 million, 3.33× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 21 in Goiás against 6.7 in New Mexico: Goiás is 3.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,190 km apart.
On a standard web map New Mexico looks larger than Goiás: Goiás at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and New Mexico at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows New Mexico as 1.25× the size of Goiás, when Goiás is 1.08× the size of New Mexico.
Together Goiás and New Mexico cover 656,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 1.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 26,200 km², is about the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km²).
At New Mexico's density, Goiás would have 2.3 million people (it has 7.1 million). At Goiás's density, New Mexico would have 6.5 million (it has 2.1 million).
New Mexico's centre is 50.4° of latitude, about 5,610 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.
New Mexico is the 5th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
New Mexico lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,610 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 New Mexico about 148,790 m².
Laid side by side, Goiás and New Mexico would cover 656,000 km², about the same size as Myanmar.
Together they have 9.2 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.

Side by side

	Goiás	New Mexico
Is a	StateBrazil	StateUnited States
Area, measured	341,000 km²132,000 mi²	315,000 km²122,000 mi²
Official area	340,000 km²Wikidata	315,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 27in Brazil	5th of 51in the United States
Population	7.1 millionWikidata, 2022	2.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	11th of 27in Brazil	36th of 51in the United States
Density	21 per km²	6.7 per km²
Capital	Goiânia	Santa Fe
Latitude range	19°S to 12°S	31°N to 37°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 315,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 315,000 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

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