Mato Grosso do Sul is 42.9× the size of Hiroshima

What fits

• Hiroshima fits inside Mato Grosso do Sul about 42.9 times by area.
• Mato Grosso do Sul is larger by 348,000 km² (134,000 mi²), which is 4,189% of the area of Hiroshima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso do Sul is about 11.6, Hiroshima about 0.27.

How they differ

• Mato Grosso do Sul is larger, but Hiroshima has the larger population: 2.8 million against 2.8 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 336 in Hiroshima against 7.7 in Mato Grosso do Sul: Hiroshima is 43.4× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 18,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mato Grosso do Sul at 20°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Hiroshima at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Mato Grosso do Sul as 33.0× the size of Hiroshima instead of 42.9×.
• Together Mato Grosso do Sul and Hiroshima cover 364,000 km², close to the size of Germany (358,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 348,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
• At Hiroshima's density, Mato Grosso do Sul would have 119.7 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Mato Grosso do Sul's density, Hiroshima would have 64,000 (it has 2.8 million).
• Hiroshima's centre is 54.9° of latitude, about 6,110 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.
• Hiroshima is the 12th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Hiroshima lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,110 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 Hiroshima about 2,970 m².
• Laid side by side, Mato Grosso do Sul and Hiroshima would cover 364,000 km², about the same size as Germany.
• Together they have 5.5 million people, about as many people as Norway.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 357,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 356,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 8,300 km² is 2.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,480 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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