Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.48× the size of Rio Grande do Sul

What fits

• Rio Grande do Sul is 68% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 131,000 km² (50,600 mi²), which is 48% of the area of Rio Grande do Sul.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Rio Grande do Sul about 8.88.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Rio Grande do Sul has the larger population: 10.9 million against 511,000, 21.3× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 40 in Rio Grande do Sul against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Rio Grande do Sul is 31.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,190 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Rio Grande do Sul at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 3.05× the size of Rio Grande do Sul instead of 1.48×.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Rio Grande do Sul cover 676,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 131,000 km², is about the size of Greece (131,000 km²).
• At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 16.1 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 345,000 (it has 10.9 million).
• Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 82.5° of latitude, about 9,170 km, farther north than Rio Grande 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.
• Rio Grande do Sul is the 10th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 82° of latitude (roughly 9,170 km) north of Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande do Sul about 25,020 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Rio Grande do Sul would cover 676,000 km², about the same size as Myanmar.
• Together they have 11.4 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.

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%.
• Our measured 272,000 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 282,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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