Mato Grosso do Sul is 12.6× the size of Albania

Mato Grosso do Sul (state of Brazil) covers about 356,000 km² (137,000 mi²) and Albania (Europe) about 28,300 km² (10,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

356,000km²Mato Grosso do Sul
28,300km²Albania

200 km

Mato Grosso do Sul
Albania

What fits

Albania fits inside Mato Grosso do Sul about 12.6 times by area.
Mato Grosso do Sul is larger by 328,000 km² (127,000 mi²), which is 1,157% of the area of Albania.
Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso do Sul is about 11.6, Albania about 0.92.

How they differ

Mato Grosso do Sul is larger, but Albania has the larger population: 2.8 million against 2.8 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 99 in Albania against 7.7 in Mato Grosso do Sul: Albania is 12.8× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mato Grosso do Sul at 20°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Albania at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Mato Grosso do Sul as 8.11× the size of Albania instead of 12.6×.
Together Mato Grosso do Sul and Albania cover 384,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 328,000 km², is about the size of Malaysia (328,000 km²).
At Albania's density, Mato Grosso do Sul would have 35.3 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Mato Grosso do Sul's density, Albania would have 219,000 (it has 2.8 million).
Albania's centre is 61.5° of latitude, about 6,830 km, farther north than Mato Grosso do Sul's.
Mato Grosso do Sul is the 6th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 4.2% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Albania ranks 144th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Albania lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,830 km) north of Mato Grosso do Sul, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Mato Grosso do Sul would have about 129,140 m² and each person in Albania about 10,080 m².
Laid side by side, Mato Grosso do Sul and Albania would cover 384,000 km², about the same size as Norway.
Together they have 5.6 million people, about as many people as Norway.
Counted as a country, Mato Grosso do Sul would rank 65th by area and 140th by population.

Side by side

	Mato Grosso do Sul	Albania
Is a	StateBrazil	CountryEurope
Area, measured	356,000 km²137,000 mi²	28,300 km²10,900 mi²
Official area	357,000 km²Wikidata	28,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 27in Brazil	143rd of 239worldwide
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	2.8 millionWikidata, 2023
Rank by population	21st of 27in Brazil	139th of 237worldwide
Density	7.7 per km²	99 per km²
Capital	Campo Grande	Tirana
Latitude range	24°S to 17°S	40°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 357,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 356,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 28,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 28,300 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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