Mato Grosso do Sul is 12.0× the size of Galicia

What fits

• Galicia fits inside Mato Grosso do Sul about 12.0 times by area.
• Mato Grosso do Sul is larger by 326,000 km² (126,000 mi²), which is 1,103% of the area of Galicia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso do Sul is about 11.6, Galicia about 0.96.

How they differ

• Mato Grosso do Sul also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 2.7 million, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 91 in Galicia against 7.7 in Mato Grosso do Sul: Galicia is 11.8× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,500 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mato Grosso do Sul at 20°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Galicia at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Mato Grosso do Sul as 7.38× the size of Galicia instead of 12.0×.
• Together Mato Grosso do Sul and Galicia cover 386,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 326,000 km², is about the size of Malaysia (328,000 km²).
• At Galicia's density, Mato Grosso do Sul would have 32.5 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Mato Grosso do Sul's density, Galicia would have 229,000 (it has 2.7 million).
• Galicia's centre is 63.1° of latitude, about 7,010 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.
• Galicia is the 7th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Galicia lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 7,010 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 Galicia about 10,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Mato Grosso do Sul and Galicia would cover 386,000 km², about the same size as Norway.
• Together they have 5.5 million people, about as many people as Slovakia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 29,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 km², to within 2%.

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