Mato Grosso do Sul is 5.55× the size of San Luis Potosí

Mato Grosso do Sul (state of Brazil) covers about 356,000 km² (137,000 mi²) and San Luis Potosí (state of Mexico) about 64,200 km² (24,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

356,000km²Mato Grosso do Sul
64,200km²San Luis Potosí

200 km

Mato Grosso do Sul
San Luis Potosí

What fits

San Luis Potosí fits inside Mato Grosso do Sul about 5.55 times by area.
Mato Grosso do Sul is larger by 292,000 km² (113,000 mi²), which is 455% of the area of San Luis Potosí.
Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso do Sul is about 11.6, San Luis Potosí about 2.09.

How they differ

Mato Grosso do Sul also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 2.7 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 42 in San Luis Potosí against 7.7 in Mato Grosso do Sul: San Luis Potosí is 5.47× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,870 km apart.
Together Mato Grosso do Sul and San Luis Potosí cover 420,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 4.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 292,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At San Luis Potosí's density, Mato Grosso do Sul would have 15.1 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Mato Grosso do Sul's density, San Luis Potosí would have 497,000 (it has 2.7 million).
San Luis Potosí's centre is 42.9° of latitude, about 4,770 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.
San Luis Potosí is the 15th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
San Luis Potosí lies about 43° of latitude (roughly 4,770 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 San Luis Potosí about 23,620 m².
Laid side by side, Mato Grosso do Sul and San Luis Potosí would cover 420,000 km², 96% of the size of Iraq.
Together they have 5.5 million people, about as many people as Slovakia.

Side by side

	Mato Grosso do Sul	San Luis Potosí
Is a	StateBrazil	StateMexico
Area, measured	356,000 km²137,000 mi²	64,200 km²24,800 mi²
Official area	357,000 km²Wikidata	61,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 27in Brazil	15th of 32in Mexico
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	2.7 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	21st of 27in Brazil	19th of 32in Mexico
Density	7.7 per km²	42 per km²
Capital	Campo Grande	San Luis Potosí
Latitude range	24°S to 17°S	21°N to 25°N

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%.
Our measured 64,200 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 61,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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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