Maranhão is 2.98× the size of Tennessee
Maranhão (state of Brazil) covers about 326,000 km² (126,000 mi²) and Tennessee (state of the United States) about 109,000 km² (42,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 326,000km²Maranhão
- 109,000km²Tennessee
200 km
- Maranhão
- Tennessee
What fits
- Tennessee fits inside Maranhão about 2.98 times by area.
- Maranhão is larger by 217,000 km² (83,700 mi²), which is 198% of the area of Tennessee.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maranhão is about 10.6, Tennessee about 3.56.
How they differ
- Maranhão is larger, but Tennessee has the larger population: 6.9 million against 6.8 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 63 in Tennessee against 21 in Maranhão: Tennessee is 3.04× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,250 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Maranhão at 5°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Tennessee at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Maranhão as 1.98× the size of Tennessee instead of 2.98×.
- Together Maranhão and Tennessee cover 435,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 217,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
- At Tennessee's density, Maranhão would have 20.6 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Maranhão's density, Tennessee would have 2.3 million (it has 6.9 million).
- Tennessee's centre is 40.9° of latitude, about 4,550 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.
- Tennessee is the 35th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Tennessee lies about 41° of latitude (roughly 4,550 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 Tennessee about 15,820 m².
- Laid side by side, Maranhão and Tennessee would cover 435,000 km², about the same size as Iraq.
- Together they have 13.7 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
Side by side
| Maranhão | Tennessee | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 326,000 km²126,000 mi² | 109,000 km²42,200 mi² |
| Official area | 332,000 km²Wikidata | 109,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 27in Brazil | 35th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 27in Brazil | 16th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 21 per km² | 63 per km² |
| Capital | São Luís | Nashville |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 1°S | 35°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 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 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