Mato Grosso do Sul is 1.44× the size of Chihuahua

What fits

• Chihuahua is 70% of the size of Mato Grosso do Sul.
• Mato Grosso do Sul is larger by 108,000 km² (41,700 mi²), which is 44% of the area of Chihuahua.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso do Sul is about 11.6, Chihuahua about 8.09.

How they differ

• Mato Grosso do Sul is larger, but Chihuahua has the larger population: 3.6 million against 2.8 million, 1.29× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 14 in Chihuahua against 7.7 in Mato Grosso do Sul: Chihuahua is 1.85× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,780 km apart.
• Together Mato Grosso do Sul and Chihuahua cover 604,000 km², close to the size of Madagascar (593,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 108,000 km², is about the size of Guatemala (109,000 km²).
• At Chihuahua's density, Mato Grosso do Sul would have 5.1 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Mato Grosso do Sul's density, Chihuahua would have 1.9 million (it has 3.6 million).
• Chihuahua's centre is 49.1° of latitude, about 5,460 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.
• Chihuahua is the largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 13% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
• Chihuahua lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,460 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 Chihuahua about 69,720 m².
• Laid side by side, Mato Grosso do Sul and Chihuahua would cover 604,000 km², about the same size as Madagascar.
• Together they have 6.3 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. 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 247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 248,000 km², to within 2%.

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