Nuevo León is 1.15× the size of Paraíba
Nuevo León (state of Mexico) covers about 65,000 km² (25,100 mi²) and Paraíba (state of Brazil) about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 65,000km²Nuevo León
- 56,500km²Paraíba
100 km
- Nuevo León
- Paraíba
What fits
- Paraíba is 87% of the size of Nuevo León.
- Nuevo León is larger by 8,470 km² (3,270 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Paraíba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nuevo León is about 2.12, Paraíba about 1.84.
How they differ
- Nuevo León also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 4.0 million, 1.31× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 80 in Nuevo León against 70 in Paraíba: Nuevo León is 1.14× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,720 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nuevo León at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Paraíba at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Nuevo León as 1.39× the size of Paraíba instead of 1.15×.
- Together Nuevo León and Paraíba cover 121,000 km², close to the size of North Korea (122,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 8,470 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Paraíba's density, Nuevo León would have 4.6 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Nuevo León's density, Paraíba would have 4.5 million (it has 4.0 million).
- Nuevo León's centre is 32.7° of latitude, about 3,630 km, farther north than Paraíba's.
- Nuevo León is the 13th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Paraíba is the 21st largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Nuevo León lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,630 km) north of Paraíba, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nuevo León would have about 12,520 m² and each person in Paraíba about 14,220 m².
- Laid side by side, Nuevo León and Paraíba would cover 121,000 km², about the same size as North Korea.
- Together they have 9.2 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.
Side by side
| Nuevo León | Paraíba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 65,000 km²25,100 mi² | 56,500 km²21,800 mi² |
| Official area | 64,200 km²Wikidata | 56,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 32in Mexico | 21st of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2015 | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 32in Mexico | 13th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 80 per km² | 70 per km² |
| Capital | Monterrey | João Pessoa |
| Latitude range | 23°N to 28°N | 8°S to 6°S |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 64,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 65,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 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