Mongolia is 29.6× the size of Rio Grande do Norte

What fits

• Rio Grande do Norte fits inside Mongolia about 29.6 times by area.
• Mongolia is larger by 1,512,000 km² (584,000 mi²), which is 2,863% of the area of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mongolia is about 51.0, Rio Grande do Norte about 1.72.

How they differ

• Mongolia also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 3.3 million, 1.03× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 63 in Rio Grande do Norte against 2.2 in Mongolia: Rio Grande do Norte is 28.7× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mongolia at 47°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Mongolia as 62.9× the size of Rio Grande do Norte instead of 29.6×.
• Together Mongolia and Rio Grande do Norte cover 1,617,000 km², close to the size of Iran (1,623,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,512,000 km², is about the size of Iran (1,623,000 km²).
• At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Mongolia would have 97.9 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Mongolia's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 115,000 (it has 3.3 million).
• Mongolia's centre is 52.8° of latitude, about 5,870 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Norte's.
• Mongolia ranks 20th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Rio Grande do Norte is the 22nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Mongolia lies about 53° of latitude (roughly 5,870 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mongolia would have about 458,850 m² and each person in Rio Grande do Norte about 15,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Mongolia and Rio Grande do Norte would cover 1,617,000 km², about the same size as Iran.
• Together they have 6.7 million people, about as many people as Paraguay.
• Counted as a country, Rio Grande do Norte would rank 128th by area and 136th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 1,564,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 53,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,800 km², to within 2%.

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