Ladakh is 1.14× the size of Paraíba

Ladakh (union territory of India) covers about 64,300 km² (24,800 mi²) and Paraíba (state of Brazil) about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

64,300km²Ladakh
56,500km²Paraíba

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Ladakh
Paraíba

Ladakh: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with China and Pakistan. Size Versus draws Natural Earth's de facto outline, the boundary as it is held on the ground, and takes no position on it.

What fits

Paraíba is 88% of the size of Ladakh.
Ladakh is larger by 7,740 km² (2,990 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Paraíba.
Measured in Belgiums: Ladakh is about 2.10, Paraíba about 1.84.

How they differ

Ladakh is larger, but Paraíba has the larger population: 4.0 million against 274,000, 14.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 70 in Paraíba against 4.3 in Ladakh: Paraíba is 16.5× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,700 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Ladakh at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Paraíba at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Ladakh as 1.62× the size of Paraíba instead of 1.14×.
Together Ladakh and Paraíba cover 121,000 km², close to the size of Malawi (119,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,740 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Paraíba's density, Ladakh would have 4.5 million people (it has 274,000). At Ladakh's density, Paraíba would have 241,000 (it has 4.0 million).
Ladakh's centre is 41.0° of latitude, about 4,560 km, farther north than Paraíba's.
Ladakh is the 17th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 36th most densely populated of them.
Paraíba is the 21st largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Ladakh lies about 41° of latitude (roughly 4,560 km) north of Paraíba, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Ladakh would have about 234,260 m² and each person in Paraíba about 14,220 m².
Laid side by side, Ladakh and Paraíba would cover 121,000 km², about the same size as Malawi.
Together they have 4.2 million people, 95% as many people as Kuwait.

Side by side

	Ladakh	Paraíba
Is a	Union TerritoryIndia	StateBrazil
Area, measured	64,300 km²24,800 mi²	56,500 km²21,800 mi²
Official area	59,200 km²Wikidata	56,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	17th of 36in India	21st of 27in Brazil
Population	274,000Wikidata, 2011	4.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	35th of 36in India	13th of 27in Brazil
Density	4.3 per km²	70 per km²
Capital	Leh; Kargil	João Pessoa
Latitude range	32°N to 35°N	8°S to 6°S

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 64,300 km² is 8.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 59,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 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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