Minas Gerais is 1.03× the size of Ukraine
Minas Gerais (state of Brazil) covers about 586,000 km² (226,000 mi²) and Ukraine (Europe) about 572,000 km² (221,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 586,000km²Minas Gerais
- 572,000km²Ukraine
200 km
- Minas Gerais
- Ukraine
What fits
- Ukraine is 98% of the size of Minas Gerais.
- Minas Gerais is larger by 14,400 km² (5,550 mi²), which is 2.5% of the area of Ukraine.
- Measured in Belgiums: Minas Gerais is about 19.1, Ukraine about 18.7.
How they differ
- Minas Gerais is larger, but Ukraine has the larger population: 41.2 million against 20.5 million, 2.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 72 in Ukraine against 35 in Minas Gerais: Ukraine is 2.05× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
- On a standard web map Ukraine looks larger than Minas Gerais: Minas Gerais at 18°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Ukraine at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Ukraine as 2.06× the size of Minas Gerais, when Minas Gerais is 1.03× the size of Ukraine.
- Together Minas Gerais and Ukraine cover 1,158,000 km², close to the size of Niger (1,181,000 km², 2.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 14,400 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
- At Ukraine's density, Minas Gerais would have 42.2 million people (it has 20.5 million). At Minas Gerais's density, Ukraine would have 20.0 million (it has 41.2 million).
- Ukraine's centre is 67.6° of latitude, about 7,520 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.
- Ukraine ranks 49th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Ukraine lies about 68° of latitude (roughly 7,520 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 Ukraine about 13,890 m².
- Laid side by side, Minas Gerais and Ukraine would cover 1,158,000 km², about the same size as Niger.
- Together they have 61.7 million people, about as many people as South Africa.
- Counted as a country, Minas Gerais would rank 46th by area and 62nd by population.
Side by side
| Minas Gerais | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 586,000 km²226,000 mi² | 572,000 km²221,000 mi² |
| Official area | 587,000 km²Wikidata | 604,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 27in Brazil | 48th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 20.5 millionWikidata, 2022 | 41.2 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 27in Brazil | 35th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 35 per km² | 72 per km² |
| Capital | Belo Horizonte | Kyiv |
| Latitude range | 23°S to 14°S | 45°N to 52°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%.
- Our measured 572,000 km² is 5.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 604,000 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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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