Liberia and Santa Catarina are almost exactly the same size
Liberia (Africa) covers about 95,300 km² (36,800 mi²) and Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 95,300km²Liberia
- 95,100km²Santa Catarina
100 km
- Liberia
- Santa Catarina
What fits
- Santa Catarina is 100% of the size of Liberia.
- The measured areas differ by 201 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Liberia is about 3.11, Santa Catarina about 3.10.
How they differ
- Liberia is larger, but Santa Catarina has the larger population: 7.6 million against 5.2 million, 1.46× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 55 in Liberia: Santa Catarina is 1.46× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,800 km apart.
- On a standard web map Santa Catarina looks larger than Liberia: Liberia at 6°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Santa Catarina at 27°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Santa Catarina as 1.25× the size of Liberia, when Liberia is 1.00× the size of Santa Catarina.
- Together Liberia and Santa Catarina cover 190,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 2.3% smaller).
- At Santa Catarina's density, Liberia would have 7.6 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Liberia's density, Santa Catarina would have 5.2 million (it has 7.6 million).
- Liberia's centre is 33.7° of latitude, about 3,750 km, farther north than Santa Catarina's.
- Liberia ranks 110th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Santa Catarina is the 20th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Liberia lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,750 km) north of Santa Catarina, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Liberia would have about 18,280 m² and each person in Santa Catarina about 12,500 m².
- Laid side by side, Liberia and Santa Catarina would cover 190,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
- Together they have 12.8 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
- Counted as a country, Santa Catarina would rank 110th by area and 102nd by population.
Side by side
| Liberia | Santa Catarina | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 95,300 km²36,800 mi² | 95,100 km²36,700 mi² |
| Official area | 111,000 km²Wikidata | 95,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 109th of 239worldwide | 20th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2021 | 7.6 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 121st of 237worldwide | 10th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 55 per km² | 80 per km² |
| Capital | Monrovia | Florianópolis |
| Latitude range | 4°N to 9°N | 29°S to 26°S |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 95,300 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 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 95,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 95,100 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