Nebraska is 1.01× the size of Paraná

What fits

• Paraná is 99% of the size of Nebraska.
• Nebraska is larger by 2,300 km² (889 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Paraná.
• Measured in Belgiums: Nebraska is about 6.55, Paraná about 6.48.

How they differ

• Nebraska is larger, but Paraná has the larger population: 11.4 million against 2.0 million, 5.83× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 58 in Paraná against 9.8 in Nebraska: Paraná is 5.90× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,870 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nebraska at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Paraná at 25°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Nebraska as 1.49× the size of Paraná instead of 1.01×.
• Together Nebraska and Paraná cover 400,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,300 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Paraná's density, Nebraska would have 11.6 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Nebraska's density, Paraná would have 1.9 million (it has 11.4 million).
• Nebraska's centre is 66.2° of latitude, about 7,360 km, farther north than Paraná's.
• Nebraska is the 16th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 44th most densely populated of them.
• Paraná is the 15th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Nebraska lies about 66° of latitude (roughly 7,360 km) north of Paraná, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Nebraska would have about 102,460 m² and each person in Paraná about 17,360 m².
• Laid side by side, Nebraska and Paraná would cover 400,000 km², about the same size as Paraguay.
• Together they have 13.4 million people, about as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 201,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 201,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 199,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 km², to within 2%.

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