North Rhine-Westphalia is 1.25× the size of Alagoas

North Rhine-Westphalia (state of Germany) covers about 34,500 km² (13,300 mi²) and Alagoas (state of Brazil) about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

34,500km²North Rhine-Westphalia
27,600km²Alagoas

100 km

North Rhine-Westphalia
Alagoas

What fits

Alagoas is 80% of the size of North Rhine-Westphalia.
North Rhine-Westphalia is larger by 6,920 km² (2,670 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Alagoas.
Measured in Belgiums: North Rhine-Westphalia is about 1.13, Alagoas about 0.90.

How they differ

North Rhine-Westphalia also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 3.1 million, 5.72× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 518 in North Rhine-Westphalia against 113 in Alagoas: North Rhine-Westphalia is 4.57× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,990 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Rhine-Westphalia at 51°N is drawn about 2.6× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows North Rhine-Westphalia as 3.13× the size of Alagoas instead of 1.25×.
Together North Rhine-Westphalia and Alagoas cover 62,200 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 3.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,920 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Alagoas's density, North Rhine-Westphalia would have 3.9 million people (it has 17.9 million). At North Rhine-Westphalia's density, Alagoas would have 14.3 million (it has 3.1 million).
North Rhine-Westphalia's centre is 61.0° of latitude, about 6,780 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
North Rhine-Westphalia is the 4th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 9.7% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
North Rhine-Westphalia lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,780 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in North Rhine-Westphalia would have about 1,930 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
Laid side by side, North Rhine-Westphalia and Alagoas would cover 62,200 km², 96% of the size of Latvia.
Together they have 21.0 million people, about as many people as Sri Lanka.

Side by side

	North Rhine-Westphalia	Alagoas
Is a	StateGermany	StateBrazil
Area, measured	34,500 km²13,300 mi²	27,600 km²10,700 mi²
Official area	34,100 km²Wikidata	27,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 16in Germany	25th of 27in Brazil
Population	17.9 millionWikidata, 2022	3.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	1st of 16in Germany	19th of 27in Brazil
Density	518 per km²	113 per km²
Capital	Düsseldorf	Maceió
Latitude range	50°N to 53°N	11°S to 9°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 34,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 34,500 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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