Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.13× the size of Mato Grosso do Sul

What fits

• Mato Grosso do Sul is 88% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 47,300 km² (18,300 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Mato Grosso do Sul.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Mato Grosso do Sul about 11.6.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Mato Grosso do Sul has the larger population: 2.8 million against 511,000, 5.40× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 7.7 in Mato Grosso do Sul against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Mato Grosso do Sul is 6.12× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,140 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Mato Grosso do Sul at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 2.72× the size of Mato Grosso do Sul instead of 1.13×.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Mato Grosso do Sul cover 759,000 km², close to the size of Zambia (752,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 47,300 km², is about the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km²).
• At Mato Grosso do Sul's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 3.1 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Mato Grosso do Sul would have 451,000 (it has 2.8 million).
• Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 73.1° of latitude, about 8,120 km, farther north than Mato Grosso do Sul's.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is the 10th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Mato Grosso do Sul is the 6th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 4.2% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
• Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 73° of latitude (roughly 8,120 km) north of Mato Grosso do Sul, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Mato Grosso do Sul about 129,140 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Mato Grosso do Sul would cover 759,000 km², about the same size as Zambia.
• Together they have 3.3 million people, 96% as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 405,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 403,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 357,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 356,000 km², to within 2%.

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