Maranhão is 3.46× the size of Indiana
Maranhão (state of Brazil) covers about 326,000 km² (126,000 mi²) and Indiana (state of the United States) about 94,300 km² (36,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 326,000km²Maranhão
- 94,300km²Indiana
200 km
- Maranhão
- Indiana
What fits
- Indiana fits inside Maranhão about 3.46 times by area.
- Maranhão is larger by 232,000 km² (89,500 mi²), which is 246% of the area of Indiana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maranhão is about 10.6, Indiana about 3.08.
How they differ
- Maranhão is larger, but Indiana has the larger population: 6.8 million against 6.8 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 72 in Indiana against 21 in Maranhão: Indiana is 3.46× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,530 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Maranhão at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Indiana at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Maranhão as 2.05× the size of Indiana instead of 3.46×.
- Together Maranhão and Indiana cover 420,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 4.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 232,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
- At Indiana's density, Maranhão would have 23.5 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Maranhão's density, Indiana would have 2.0 million (it has 6.8 million).
- Indiana's centre is 45.0° of latitude, about 5,000 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.
- Indiana is the 38th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Indiana lies about 45° of latitude (roughly 5,000 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 Indiana about 13,900 m².
- Laid side by side, Maranhão and Indiana would cover 420,000 km², 96% of the size of Iraq.
- Together they have 13.6 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
Side by side
| Maranhão | Indiana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 326,000 km²126,000 mi² | 94,300 km²36,400 mi² |
| Official area | 332,000 km²Wikidata | 94,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 27in Brazil | 38th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 27in Brazil | 17th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 21 per km² | 72 per km² |
| Capital | São Luís | Indianapolis |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 1°S | 38°N to 42°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 94,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,300 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