Nevada is 10.4× the size of Alagoas
Nevada (state of the United States) covers about 287,000 km² (111,000 mi²) and Alagoas (state of Brazil) about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 287,000km²Nevada
- 27,600km²Alagoas
100 km
- Nevada
- Alagoas
What fits
- Alagoas fits inside Nevada about 10.4 times by area.
- Nevada is larger by 259,000 km² (100,000 mi²), which is 939% of the area of Alagoas.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nevada is about 9.36, Alagoas about 0.90.
How they differ
- Nevada is larger, but Alagoas has the larger population: 3.1 million against 3.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 113 in Alagoas against 11 in Nevada: Alagoas is 10.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,830 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nevada at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Nevada as 16.9× the size of Alagoas instead of 10.4×.
- Together Nevada and Alagoas cover 315,000 km², close to the size of Poland (313,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 259,000 km², is about the size of Gabon (260,000 km²).
- At Alagoas's density, Nevada would have 32.5 million people (it has 3.1 million). At Nevada's density, Alagoas would have 299,000 (it has 3.1 million).
- Nevada's centre is 48.8° of latitude, about 5,430 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
- Nevada is the 7th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 43rd most densely populated of them.
- Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Nevada lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,430 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nevada would have about 92,470 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Nevada and Alagoas would cover 315,000 km², about the same size as Poland.
- Together they have 6.2 million people, about as many people as the Republic of the Congo.
Side by side
| Nevada | Alagoas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 287,000 km²111,000 mi² | 27,600 km²10,700 mi² |
| Official area | 286,000 km²Wikidata | 27,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 51in the United States | 25th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 3.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 3.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 51in the United States | 19th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 11 per km² | 113 per km² |
| Capital | Carson City | Maceió |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 42°N | 11°S to 9°S |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 286,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 287,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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