Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.62× the size of São Paulo

What fits

• São Paulo is 62% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 155,000 km² (59,700 mi²), which is 62% of the area of São Paulo.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, São Paulo about 8.11.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but São Paulo has the larger population: 44.4 million against 511,000, 87.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 179 in São Paulo against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: São Paulo is 141× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,410 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and São Paulo at 22°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 3.79× the size of São Paulo instead of 1.62×.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and São Paulo cover 652,000 km², close to the size of Afghanistan (642,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 155,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
• At São Paulo's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 72.0 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, São Paulo would have 315,000 (it has 44.4 million).
• Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 75.0° of latitude, about 8,340 km, farther north than São Paulo'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.
• São Paulo is the 12th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 75° of latitude (roughly 8,340 km) north of São Paulo, 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 São Paulo about 5,600 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and São Paulo would cover 652,000 km², about the same size as Afghanistan.
• Together they have 44.9 million people, about as many people as Algeria.

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 248,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 249,000 km², to within 2%.

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