New South Wales is 1.37× the size of Minas Gerais

What fits

• Minas Gerais is 73% of the size of New South Wales.
• New South Wales is larger by 216,000 km² (83,200 mi²), which is 37% of the area of Minas Gerais.
• Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Minas Gerais about 19.1.

How they differ

• New South Wales is larger, but Minas Gerais has the larger population: 20.5 million against 8.5 million, 2.40× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 35 in Minas Gerais against 11 in New South Wales: Minas Gerais is 3.29× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: New South Wales at 32°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Minas Gerais at 18°S about 1.1×, so the map shows New South Wales as 1.72× the size of Minas Gerais instead of 1.37×.
• Together New South Wales and Minas Gerais cover 1,388,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 7.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 216,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
• At Minas Gerais's density, New South Wales would have 28.1 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Minas Gerais would have 6.2 million (it has 20.5 million).
• Minas Gerais's centre is 13.7° of latitude, about 1,530 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.
• Minas Gerais is the 4th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 6.9% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
• Minas Gerais lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,530 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 Minas Gerais about 28,550 m².
• Laid side by side, New South Wales and Minas Gerais would cover 1,388,000 km², 1.08× the size of Peru.
• Together they have 29.1 million people, about as many people as Nepal.

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 587,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 586,000 km², to within 2%.

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