Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.60× the size of Piauí

What fits

• Piauí is 62% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 151,000 km² (58,400 mi²), which is 60% of the area of Piauí.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Piauí about 8.22.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Piauí has the larger population: 3.3 million against 511,000, 6.41× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 13 in Piauí against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Piauí is 10.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,880 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Piauí at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 4.29× the size of Piauí instead of 1.60×.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Piauí cover 655,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 151,000 km², is about the size of Nepal (147,000 km²).
• At Piauí's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 5.2 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Piauí would have 319,000 (it has 3.3 million).
• Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 60.1° of latitude, about 6,690 km, farther north than Piauí'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.
• Piauí is the 11th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
• Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 60° of latitude (roughly 6,690 km) north of Piauí, 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 Piauí about 77,040 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Piauí would cover 655,000 km², about the same size as Myanmar.
• Together they have 3.8 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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 252,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 252,000 km², to within 2%.

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