Italy is 1.11× the size of Rio Grande do Sul

What fits

• Rio Grande do Sul is 90% of the size of Italy.
• Italy is larger by 28,900 km² (11,200 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Rio Grande do Sul.
• Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Rio Grande do Sul about 8.88.

How they differ

• Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 10.9 million, 5.41× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 40 in Rio Grande do Sul: Italy is 4.89× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Rio Grande do Sul at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Italy as 1.54× the size of Rio Grande do Sul instead of 1.11×.
• Together Italy and Rio Grande do Sul cover 573,000 km², close to the size of Ukraine (572,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 28,900 km², is about the size of Albania (28,300 km²).
• At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Italy would have 12.0 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 53.2 million (it has 10.9 million).
• Italy's centre is 72.4° of latitude, about 8,050 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Sul's.
• Italy ranks 73rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Rio Grande do Sul is the 10th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Italy lies about 72° of latitude (roughly 8,050 km) north of Rio Grande do Sul, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Italy would have about 5,120 m² and each person in Rio Grande do Sul about 25,020 m².
• Laid side by side, Italy and Rio Grande do Sul would cover 573,000 km², about the same size as Ukraine.
• Together they have 69.7 million people, about as many people as France.
• Counted as a country, Rio Grande do Sul would rank 75th by area and 86th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 272,000 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 282,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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