New South Wales is 1.43× the size of Bahia

What fits

• Bahia is 70% of the size of New South Wales.
• New South Wales is larger by 242,000 km² (93,400 mi²), which is 43% of the area of Bahia.
• Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Bahia about 18.3.

How they differ

• New South Wales is larger, but Bahia has the larger population: 14.1 million against 8.5 million, 1.65× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 25 in Bahia against 11 in New South Wales: Bahia is 2.37× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: New South Wales at 32°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Bahia at 12°S about 1.0×, so the map shows New South Wales as 1.90× the size of Bahia instead of 1.43×.
• Together New South Wales and Bahia cover 1,362,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 5.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 242,000 km², is about the size of Uganda (242,000 km²).
• At Bahia's density, New South Wales would have 20.2 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Bahia would have 6.0 million (it has 14.1 million).
• Bahia's centre is 19.7° of latitude, about 2,190 km, farther north than New South Wales's.
• New South Wales is the 5th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 10% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Bahia is the 5th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 6.6% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• Bahia lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,190 km) north of New South Wales.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New South Wales would have about 93,850 m² and each person in Bahia about 39,600 m².
• Laid side by side, New South Wales and Bahia would cover 1,362,000 km², 1.06× the size of Peru.
• Together they have 22.7 million people, about as many people as Mali.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 801,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 802,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 566,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 560,000 km², to within 2%.

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