Minas Gerais is 2.48× the size of Romania
Minas Gerais (state of Brazil) covers about 586,000 km² (226,000 mi²) and Romania (Europe) about 236,000 km² (91,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 586,000km²Minas Gerais
- 236,000km²Romania
200 km
- Minas Gerais
- Romania
What fits
- Romania fits inside Minas Gerais about 2.48 times by area.
- Minas Gerais is larger by 350,000 km² (135,000 mi²), which is 148% of the area of Romania.
- Measured in Belgiums: Minas Gerais is about 19.1, Romania about 7.71.
How they differ
- Minas Gerais also has the larger population: 20.5 million against 19.1 million, 1.08× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 81 in Romania against 35 in Minas Gerais: Romania is 2.30× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,990 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Minas Gerais at 18°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Romania at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Minas Gerais as 1.34× the size of Romania instead of 2.48×.
- Together Minas Gerais and Romania cover 823,000 km², close to the size of Namibia (823,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 350,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
- At Romania's density, Minas Gerais would have 47.3 million people (it has 20.5 million). At Minas Gerais's density, Romania would have 8.3 million (it has 19.1 million).
- Romania's centre is 64.3° of latitude, about 7,150 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.
- Romania ranks 83rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Romania lies about 64° of latitude (roughly 7,150 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 Romania about 12,410 m².
- Laid side by side, Minas Gerais and Romania would cover 823,000 km², about the same size as Namibia.
- Together they have 39.6 million people, about as many people as Sudan.
- Counted as a country, Minas Gerais would rank 46th by area and 62nd by population.
Side by side
| Minas Gerais | Romania | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 586,000 km²226,000 mi² | 236,000 km²91,300 mi² |
| Official area | 587,000 km²Wikidata | 238,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 27in Brazil | 82nd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 20.5 millionWikidata, 2022 | 19.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 27in Brazil | 66th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 35 per km² | 81 per km² |
| Capital | Belo Horizonte | Bucharest |
| Latitude range | 23°S to 14°S | 44°N to 48°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022. 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 238,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 236,000 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