Maranhão is 1.32× the size of Chihuahua

What fits

• Chihuahua is 76% of the size of Maranhão.
• Maranhão is larger by 78,200 km² (30,200 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Chihuahua.
• Measured in Belgiums: Maranhão is about 10.6, Chihuahua about 8.09.

How they differ

• Maranhão also has the larger population: 6.8 million against 3.6 million, 1.91× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 21 in Maranhão against 14 in Chihuahua: Maranhão is 1.45× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,540 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Maranhão at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Chihuahua at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Maranhão as 1.02× the size of Chihuahua instead of 1.32×.
• Together Maranhão and Chihuahua cover 574,000 km², close to the size of Ukraine (572,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 78,200 km², is about the size of Serbia (77,600 km²).
• At Chihuahua's density, Maranhão would have 4.7 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Maranhão's density, Chihuahua would have 5.2 million (it has 3.6 million).
• Chihuahua's centre is 33.9° of latitude, about 3,770 km, farther north than Maranhão's.
• Maranhão is the 8th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.8% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Chihuahua is the largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 13% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
• Chihuahua lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,770 km) north of Maranhão, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Maranhão would have about 48,130 m² and each person in Chihuahua about 69,720 m².
• Laid side by side, Maranhão and Chihuahua would cover 574,000 km², about the same size as Ukraine.
• Together they have 10.3 million people, about as many people as Portugal.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 332,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 326,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 248,000 km², to within 2%.

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