Netherlands is 1.72× the size of Sergipe
Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²) and Sergipe (state of Brazil) about 21,600 km² (8,340 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 37,100km²Netherlands
- 21,600km²Sergipe
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- Netherlands
- Sergipe
What fits
- Sergipe is 58% of the size of Netherlands.
- Netherlands is larger by 15,500 km² (5,980 mi²), which is 72% of the area of Sergipe.
- Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Sergipe about 0.70.
How they differ
- Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 2.2 million, 8.12× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 102 in Sergipe: Netherlands is 4.69× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,100 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Netherlands at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Sergipe at 11°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Netherlands as 4.43× the size of Sergipe instead of 1.72×.
- Together Netherlands and Sergipe cover 58,700 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 3.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 15,500 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
- At Sergipe's density, Netherlands would have 3.8 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Sergipe would have 10.4 million (it has 2.2 million).
- Netherlands's centre is 62.8° of latitude, about 6,990 km, farther north than Sergipe's.
- Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Sergipe is the 26th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Netherlands lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 6,990 km) north of Sergipe, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Sergipe about 9,780 m².
- Laid side by side, Netherlands and Sergipe would cover 58,700 km², 1.03× the size of Togo.
- Together they have 20.2 million people, about as many people as Kazakhstan.
- Counted as a country, Sergipe would rank 153rd by area and 146th by population.
Side by side
| Netherlands | Sergipe | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 37,100 km²14,300 mi² | 21,600 km²8,340 mi² |
| Official area | 37,400 km²Wikidata | 22,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 136th of 239worldwide | 26th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 17.9 millionWikidata, 2024 | 2.2 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 67th of 237worldwide | 22nd of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 480 per km² | 102 per km² |
| Capital | Amsterdam | Aracaju |
| Latitude range | 51°N to 54°N | 12°S to 10°S |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 21,600 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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