Pará is 1.01× the size of South Africa

What fits

• South Africa is 99% of the size of Pará.
• Pará is larger by 11,200 km² (4,320 mi²), which is 0.9% of the area of South Africa.
• Measured in Belgiums: Pará is about 40.1, South Africa about 39.8.

How they differ

• Pará is larger, but South Africa has the larger population: 62.0 million against 8.1 million, 7.64× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 51 in South Africa against 6.6 in Pará: South Africa is 7.71× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,660 km apart.
• On a standard web map South Africa looks larger than Pará: Pará at 4°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and South Africa at 29°S about 1.3×, so the map shows South Africa as 1.29× the size of Pará, when Pará is 1.01× the size of South Africa.
• Together Pará and South Africa cover 2,450,000 km², close to the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo (2,325,000 km², 5.1% smaller).
• At South Africa's density, Pará would have 62.6 million people (it has 8.1 million). At Pará's density, South Africa would have 8.0 million (it has 62.0 million).
• Pará's centre is 24.9° of latitude, about 2,770 km, farther north than South Africa's.
• Pará is the 2nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 15% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
• South Africa ranks 25th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Pará lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,770 km) north of South Africa.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Pará would have about 151,560 m² and each person in South Africa about 19,670 m².
• Laid side by side, Pará and South Africa would cover 2,450,000 km², 1.05× the size of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Together they have 70.1 million people, about as many people as France.
• Counted as a country, Pará would rank 24th by area and 101st by population.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 1,246,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,231,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 1,221,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,220,000 km², to within 2%.

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