Maranhão is 7.64× the size of Denmark
Maranhão (state of Brazil) covers about 326,000 km² (126,000 mi²) and Denmark (Europe) about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 326,000km²Maranhão
- 42,700km²Denmark
200 km
- Maranhão
- Denmark
What fits
- Denmark fits inside Maranhão about 7.64 times by area.
- Maranhão is larger by 283,000 km² (109,000 mi²), which is 664% of the area of Denmark.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maranhão is about 10.6, Denmark about 1.39.
How they differ
- Maranhão also has the larger population: 6.8 million against 5.8 million, 1.16× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 136 in Denmark against 21 in Maranhão: Denmark is 6.56× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,440 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Maranhão at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Maranhão as 2.41× the size of Denmark instead of 7.64×.
- Together Maranhão and Denmark cover 369,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 283,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
- At Denmark's density, Maranhão would have 44.5 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Maranhão's density, Denmark would have 887,000 (it has 5.8 million).
- Denmark's centre is 61.0° of latitude, about 6,790 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.
- Denmark ranks 134th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Denmark lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,790 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 Denmark about 7,330 m².
- Laid side by side, Maranhão and Denmark would cover 369,000 km², about the same size as Japan.
- Together they have 12.6 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
- Counted as a country, Maranhão would rank 69th by area and 108th by population.
Side by side
| Maranhão | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 326,000 km²126,000 mi² | 42,700 km²16,500 mi² |
| Official area | 332,000 km²Wikidata | 42,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 27in Brazil | 133rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 27in Brazil | 115th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 21 per km² | 136 per km² |
| Capital | São Luís | Copenhagen |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 1°S | 55°N to 58°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 km², to within 2%.
Similar in size to Maranhão
Similar in size to Denmark
More from the same country
More comparisons
Send it to someone who won’t believe it
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