Minas Gerais is 1.71× the size of Rajasthan

What fits

• Rajasthan is 59% of the size of Minas Gerais.
• Minas Gerais is larger by 243,000 km² (93,900 mi²), which is 71% of the area of Rajasthan.
• Measured in Belgiums: Minas Gerais is about 19.1, Rajasthan about 11.2.

How they differ

• Minas Gerais is larger, but Rajasthan has the larger population: 68.5 million against 20.5 million, 3.34× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 200 in Rajasthan against 35 in Minas Gerais: Rajasthan is 5.70× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,700 km apart.
• Together Minas Gerais and Rajasthan cover 929,000 km², close to the size of Tanzania (942,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 243,000 km², is about the size of United Kingdom (244,000 km²).
• At Rajasthan's density, Minas Gerais would have 117.2 million people (it has 20.5 million). At Minas Gerais's density, Rajasthan would have 12.0 million (it has 68.5 million).
• Rajasthan's centre is 45.0° of latitude, about 5,010 km, farther north than Minas Gerais's.
• Minas Gerais is the 4th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 6.9% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
• Rajasthan is the largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 11% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• Rajasthan lies about 45° of latitude (roughly 5,010 km) north of Minas Gerais, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Minas Gerais would have about 28,550 m² and each person in Rajasthan about 5,000 m².
• Laid side by side, Minas Gerais and Rajasthan would cover 929,000 km², about the same size as Tanzania.
• Together they have 89.1 million people, 96% as many people as Iran.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 587,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 586,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 342,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 343,000 km², to within 2%.

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