Mato Grosso is 17.4× the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mato Grosso (state of Brazil) covers about 903,000 km² (349,000 mi²) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Europe) about 51,800 km² (20,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

903,000km²Mato Grosso
51,800km²Bosnia and Herzegovina

200 km

Mato Grosso
Bosnia and Herzegovina

What fits

Bosnia and Herzegovina fits inside Mato Grosso about 17.4 times by area.
Mato Grosso is larger by 851,000 km² (329,000 mi²), which is 1,643% of the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso is about 29.4, Bosnia and Herzegovina about 1.69.

How they differ

Mato Grosso is larger, but Bosnia and Herzegovina has the larger population: 3.8 million against 3.7 million, 1.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 74 in Bosnia and Herzegovina against 4.1 in Mato Grosso: Bosnia and Herzegovina is 18.2× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,750 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mato Grosso at 13°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Bosnia and Herzegovina at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Mato Grosso as 9.44× the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina instead of 17.4×.
Together Mato Grosso and Bosnia and Herzegovina cover 955,000 km², close to the size of Tanzania (942,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 851,000 km², is about the size of Pakistan (873,000 km²).
At Bosnia and Herzegovina's density, Mato Grosso would have 66.5 million people (it has 3.7 million). At Mato Grosso's density, Bosnia and Herzegovina would have 210,000 (it has 3.8 million).
Bosnia and Herzegovina's centre is 57.1° of latitude, about 6,350 km, farther north than Mato Grosso's.
Mato Grosso is the 3rd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 11% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 129th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Bosnia and Herzegovina lies about 57° of latitude (roughly 6,350 km) north of Mato Grosso, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Mato Grosso would have about 246,870 m² and each person in Bosnia and Herzegovina about 13,580 m².
Laid side by side, Mato Grosso and Bosnia and Herzegovina would cover 955,000 km², about the same size as Tanzania.
Together they have 7.5 million people, about as many people as Sierra Leone.
Counted as a country, Mato Grosso would rank 34th by area and 133rd by population.

Side by side

	Mato Grosso	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Is a	StateBrazil	CountryEurope
Area, measured	903,000 km²349,000 mi²	51,800 km²20,000 mi²
Official area	903,000 km²Wikidata	51,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	3rd of 27in Brazil	128th of 239worldwide
Population	3.7 millionWikidata, 2022	3.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	16th of 27in Brazil	132nd of 237worldwide
Density	4.1 per km²	74 per km²
Capital	Cuiabá	Sarajevo
Latitude range	18°S to 7°S	43°N to 45°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 903,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 903,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 51,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 51,800 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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