Maharashtra is 1.13× the size of Rio Grande do Sul

What fits

• Rio Grande do Sul is 89% of the size of Maharashtra.
• Maharashtra is larger by 34,300 km² (13,200 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Rio Grande do Sul.
• Measured in Belgiums: Maharashtra is about 10.00, Rio Grande do Sul about 8.88.

How they differ

• Maharashtra also has the larger population: 112.4 million against 10.9 million, 10.3× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 367 in Maharashtra against 40 in Rio Grande do Sul: Maharashtra is 9.17× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,800 km apart.
• On a standard web map Rio Grande do Sul looks larger than Maharashtra: Maharashtra at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Rio Grande do Sul at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Rio Grande do Sul as 1.05× the size of Maharashtra, when Maharashtra is 1.13× the size of Rio Grande do Sul.
• Together Maharashtra and Rio Grande do Sul cover 579,000 km², close to the size of Botswana (579,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 34,300 km², is about the size of Moldova (33,200 km²).
• At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Maharashtra would have 12.3 million people (it has 112.4 million). At Maharashtra's density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 99.8 million (it has 10.9 million).
• Maharashtra's centre is 49.2° of latitude, about 5,470 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Sul's.
• Maharashtra is the 3rd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 9.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• 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.
• Maharashtra lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,470 km) north of Rio Grande do Sul, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Maharashtra would have about 2,730 m² and each person in Rio Grande do Sul about 25,020 m².
• Laid side by side, Maharashtra and Rio Grande do Sul would cover 579,000 km², about the same size as Botswana.
• Together they have 123.3 million people, about as many people as Japan.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 308,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 307,000 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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