Mato Grosso is 1.32× the size of Texas
Mato Grosso (state of Brazil) covers about 903,000 km² (349,000 mi²) and Texas (state of the United States) about 685,000 km² (265,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 903,000km²Mato Grosso
- 685,000km²Texas
200 km
- Mato Grosso
- Texas
What fits
- Texas is 76% of the size of Mato Grosso.
- Mato Grosso is larger by 218,000 km² (84,100 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Texas.
- Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso is about 29.4, Texas about 22.3.
How they differ
- Mato Grosso is larger, but Texas has the larger population: 29.1 million against 3.7 million, 7.97× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 43 in Texas against 4.1 in Mato Grosso: Texas is 10.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,770 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mato Grosso at 13°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Texas at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Mato Grosso as 1.01× the size of Texas instead of 1.32×.
- Together Mato Grosso and Texas cover 1,589,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 218,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
- At Texas's density, Mato Grosso would have 38.4 million people (it has 3.7 million). At Mato Grosso's density, Texas would have 2.8 million (it has 29.1 million).
- Texas's centre is 44.4° of latitude, about 4,940 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.
- Texas is the 2nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 7.2% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
- Texas lies about 44° of latitude (roughly 4,940 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 Texas about 23,510 m².
- Laid side by side, Mato Grosso and Texas would cover 1,589,000 km², about the same size as Mongolia.
- Together they have 32.8 million people, about as many people as Ghana.
Side by side
| Mato Grosso | Texas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 903,000 km²349,000 mi² | 685,000 km²265,000 mi² |
| Official area | 903,000 km²Wikidata | 696,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 27in Brazil | 2nd of 51in the United States |
| Population | 3.7 millionWikidata, 2022 | 29.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 16th of 27in Brazil | 2nd of 51in the United States |
| Density | 4.1 per km² | 43 per km² |
| Capital | Cuiabá | Austin |
| Latitude range | 18°S to 7°S | 26°N to 37°N |
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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 696,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 685,000 km², to within 2%.
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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