Maranhão is 1.04× the size of New Mexico

Maranhão (state of Brazil) covers about 326,000 km² (126,000 mi²) and New Mexico (state of the United States) about 315,000 km² (122,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

326,000km²Maranhão
315,000km²New Mexico

200 km

Maranhão
New Mexico

What fits

New Mexico is 97% of the size of Maranhão.
Maranhão is larger by 11,100 km² (4,270 mi²), which is 3.5% of the area of New Mexico.
Measured in Belgiums: Maranhão is about 10.6, New Mexico about 10.3.

How they differ

Maranhão also has the larger population: 6.8 million against 2.1 million, 3.20× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 21 in Maranhão against 6.7 in New Mexico: Maranhão is 3.09× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,730 km apart.
On a standard web map New Mexico looks larger than Maranhão: Maranhão at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and New Mexico at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows New Mexico as 1.41× the size of Maranhão, when Maranhão is 1.04× the size of New Mexico.
Together Maranhão and New Mexico cover 641,000 km², close to the size of Afghanistan (642,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 11,100 km², is about the size of Jamaica (11,000 km²).
At New Mexico's density, Maranhão would have 2.2 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Maranhão's density, New Mexico would have 6.5 million (it has 2.1 million).
New Mexico's centre is 39.5° of latitude, about 4,390 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.
New Mexico is the 5th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
New Mexico lies about 39° of latitude (roughly 4,390 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 New Mexico about 148,790 m².
Laid side by side, Maranhão and New Mexico would cover 641,000 km², about the same size as Afghanistan.
Together they have 8.9 million people, about as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

	Maranhão	New Mexico
Is a	StateBrazil	StateUnited States
Area, measured	326,000 km²126,000 mi²	315,000 km²122,000 mi²
Official area	332,000 km²Wikidata	315,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 27in Brazil	5th of 51in the United States
Population	6.8 millionWikidata, 2022	2.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	12th of 27in Brazil	36th of 51in the United States
Density	21 per km²	6.7 per km²
Capital	São Luís	Santa Fe
Latitude range	10°S to 1°S	31°N to 37°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 315,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 315,000 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

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