Maranhão is 1.06× the size of Maharashtra
Maranhão (state of Brazil) covers about 326,000 km² (126,000 mi²) and Maharashtra (state of India) about 307,000 km² (118,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 326,000km²Maranhão
- 307,000km²Maharashtra
200 km
- Maranhão
- Maharashtra
What fits
- Maharashtra is 94% of the size of Maranhão.
- Maranhão is larger by 19,600 km² (7,560 mi²), which is 6.4% of the area of Maharashtra.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maranhão is about 10.6, Maharashtra about 10.00.
How they differ
- Maranhão is larger, but Maharashtra has the larger population: 112.4 million against 6.8 million, 16.6× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 367 in Maharashtra against 21 in Maranhão: Maharashtra is 17.6× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,500 km apart.
- On a standard web map Maharashtra looks larger than Maranhão: Maranhão at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Maharashtra at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Maharashtra as 1.05× the size of Maranhão, when Maranhão is 1.06× the size of Maharashtra.
- Together Maranhão and Maharashtra cover 633,000 km², close to the size of South Sudan (627,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 19,600 km², is about the size of Fiji (18,900 km²).
- At Maharashtra's density, Maranhão would have 119.5 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Maranhão's density, Maharashtra would have 6.4 million (it has 112.4 million).
- Maharashtra's centre is 24.5° of latitude, about 2,730 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.
- 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.
- Maharashtra lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,730 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 Maharashtra about 2,730 m².
- Laid side by side, Maranhão and Maharashtra would cover 633,000 km², about the same size as South Sudan.
- Together they have 119.1 million people, 96% as many people as Japan.
Side by side
| Maranhão | Maharashtra | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 326,000 km²126,000 mi² | 307,000 km²118,000 mi² |
| Official area | 332,000 km²Wikidata | 308,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 27in Brazil | 3rd of 36in India |
| Population | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 112.4 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 27in Brazil | 2nd of 36in India |
| Density | 21 per km² | 367 per km² |
| Capital | São Luís | Mumbai; Nagpur |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 1°S | 16°N to 22°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 308,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 307,000 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