Mato Grosso is 1.13× the size of New South Wales

What fits

• New South Wales is 89% of the size of Mato Grosso.
• Mato Grosso is larger by 101,000 km² (39,100 mi²), which is 13% of the area of New South Wales.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso is about 29.4, New South Wales about 26.1.

How they differ

• Mato Grosso is larger, but New South Wales has the larger population: 8.5 million against 3.7 million, 2.34× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 11 in New South Wales against 4.1 in Mato Grosso: New South Wales is 2.63× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,400 km apart.
• On a standard web map New South Wales looks larger than Mato Grosso: Mato Grosso at 13°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and New South Wales at 32°S about 1.4×, so the map shows New South Wales as 1.18× the size of Mato Grosso, when Mato Grosso is 1.13× the size of New South Wales.
• Together Mato Grosso and New South Wales cover 1,705,000 km², close to the size of Libya (1,624,000 km², 4.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 101,000 km², is about the size of Iceland (102,000 km²).
• At New South Wales's density, Mato Grosso would have 9.6 million people (it has 3.7 million). At Mato Grosso's density, New South Wales would have 3.2 million (it has 8.5 million).
• Mato Grosso's centre is 19.2° of latitude, about 2,140 km, farther north than New South Wales'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.
• New South Wales is the 5th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 10% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Mato Grosso lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,140 km) north of New South Wales.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mato Grosso would have about 246,870 m² and each person in New South Wales about 93,850 m².
• Laid side by side, Mato Grosso and New South Wales would cover 1,705,000 km², 1.05× the size of Libya.
• Together they have 12.2 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 801,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 802,000 km², to within 2%.

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