Mato Grosso is 71.1× the size of Connecticut

What fits

• Connecticut fits inside Mato Grosso about 71.1 times by area.
• Mato Grosso is larger by 890,000 km² (344,000 mi²), which is 7,009% of the area of Connecticut.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso is about 29.4, Connecticut about 0.41.

How they differ

• Mato Grosso also has the larger population: 3.7 million against 3.6 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 4.1 in Mato Grosso: Connecticut is 70.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,310 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mato Grosso at 13°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Connecticut at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Mato Grosso as 41.8× the size of Connecticut instead of 71.1×.
• Together Mato Grosso and Connecticut cover 916,000 km², close to the size of Venezuela (913,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 890,000 km², is about the size of Nigeria (907,000 km²).
• At Connecticut's density, Mato Grosso would have 256.4 million people (it has 3.7 million). At Mato Grosso's density, Connecticut would have 51,000 (it has 3.6 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 54.6° of latitude, about 6,070 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.
• Connecticut is the 48th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,070 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 Connecticut about 3,520 m².
• Laid side by side, Mato Grosso and Connecticut would cover 916,000 km², about the same size as Venezuela.
• Together they have 7.3 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 903,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 903,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 12,700 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 14,400 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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