Maranhão is 5.89× the size of Himachal Pradesh
Maranhão (state of Brazil) covers about 326,000 km² (126,000 mi²) and Himachal Pradesh (state of India) about 55,400 km² (21,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 326,000km²Maranhão
- 55,400km²Himachal Pradesh
200 km
- Maranhão
- Himachal Pradesh
What fits
- Himachal Pradesh fits inside Maranhão about 5.89 times by area.
- Maranhão is larger by 271,000 km² (105,000 mi²), which is 489% of the area of Himachal Pradesh.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maranhão is about 10.6, Himachal Pradesh about 1.81.
How they differ
- Maranhão is larger, but Himachal Pradesh has the larger population: 6.9 million against 6.8 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 124 in Himachal Pradesh against 21 in Maranhão: Himachal Pradesh is 5.96× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Maranhão at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Himachal Pradesh at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Maranhão as 4.27× the size of Himachal Pradesh instead of 5.89×.
- Together Maranhão and Himachal Pradesh cover 382,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 271,000 km², is about the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km²).
- At Himachal Pradesh's density, Maranhão would have 40.4 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Maranhão's density, Himachal Pradesh would have 1.2 million (it has 6.9 million).
- Himachal Pradesh's centre is 37.0° of latitude, about 4,120 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.
- Himachal Pradesh is the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Himachal Pradesh lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,120 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 Himachal Pradesh about 8,070 m².
- Laid side by side, Maranhão and Himachal Pradesh would cover 382,000 km², about the same size as Norway.
- Together they have 13.6 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
Side by side
| Maranhão | Himachal Pradesh | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 326,000 km²126,000 mi² | 55,400 km²21,400 mi² |
| Official area | 332,000 km²Wikidata | 55,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 27in Brazil | 18th of 36in India |
| Population | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 27in Brazil | 22nd of 36in India |
| Density | 21 per km² | 124 per km² |
| Capital | São Luís | Shimla |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 1°S | 30°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. 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 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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