Mato Grosso do Sul is 1.04× the size of Rajasthan

What fits

• Rajasthan is 96% of the size of Mato Grosso do Sul.
• Mato Grosso do Sul is larger by 13,000 km² (5,000 mi²), which is 3.8% of the area of Rajasthan.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso do Sul is about 11.6, Rajasthan about 11.2.

How they differ

• Mato Grosso do Sul is larger, but Rajasthan has the larger population: 68.5 million against 2.8 million, 24.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 200 in Rajasthan against 7.7 in Mato Grosso do Sul: Rajasthan is 25.8× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,800 km apart.
• On a standard web map Rajasthan looks larger than Mato Grosso do Sul: Mato Grosso do Sul at 20°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Rajasthan at 27°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Rajasthan as 1.06× the size of Mato Grosso do Sul, when Mato Grosso do Sul is 1.04× the size of Rajasthan.
• Together Mato Grosso do Sul and Rajasthan cover 699,000 km², close to the size of Chile (736,000 km², 5.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 13,000 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
• At Rajasthan's density, Mato Grosso do Sul would have 71.1 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Mato Grosso do Sul's density, Rajasthan would have 2.7 million (it has 68.5 million).
• Rajasthan's centre is 46.9° of latitude, about 5,220 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.
• Rajasthan is the largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 11% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• Rajasthan lies about 47° of latitude (roughly 5,220 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 Rajasthan about 5,000 m².
• Laid side by side, Mato Grosso do Sul and Rajasthan would cover 699,000 km², 95% of the size of Chile.
• Together they have 71.3 million people, 1.04× as many people as France.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. 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 342,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 343,000 km², to within 2%.

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