Lower Saxony is 1.08× the size of Rio de Janeiro

What fits

• Rio de Janeiro is 92% of the size of Lower Saxony.
• Lower Saxony is larger by 3,620 km² (1,400 mi²), which is 8.2% of the area of Rio de Janeiro.
• Measured in Belgiums: Lower Saxony is about 1.55, Rio de Janeiro about 1.43.

How they differ

• Lower Saxony is larger, but Rio de Janeiro has the larger population: 16.1 million against 7.9 million, 2.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 365 in Rio de Janeiro against 167 in Lower Saxony: Rio de Janeiro is 2.19× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,720 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Lower Saxony at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Rio de Janeiro at 22°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 2.53× the size of Rio de Janeiro instead of 1.08×.
• Together Lower Saxony and Rio de Janeiro cover 91,600 km², close to the size of Portugal (91,400 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 3,620 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
• At Rio de Janeiro's density, Lower Saxony would have 17.4 million people (it has 7.9 million). At Lower Saxony's density, Rio de Janeiro would have 7.3 million (it has 16.1 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 75.0° of latitude, about 8,330 km, farther north than Rio de Janeiro's.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Rio de Janeiro is the 24th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 75° of latitude (roughly 8,330 km) north of Rio de Janeiro, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Lower Saxony would have about 5,990 m² and each person in Rio de Janeiro about 2,740 m².
• Laid side by side, Lower Saxony and Rio de Janeiro would cover 91,600 km², about the same size as Portugal.
• Together they have 24.0 million people, about as many people as Syria.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 43,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 44,000 km², to within 2%.

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