Pará is 17.3× the size of Veracruz
Pará (state of Brazil) covers about 1,231,000 km² (475,000 mi²) and Veracruz (state of Mexico) about 71,000 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,231,000km²Pará
- 71,000km²Veracruz
500 km
- Pará
- Veracruz
What fits
- Veracruz fits inside Pará about 17.3 times by area.
- Pará is larger by 1,160,000 km² (448,000 mi²), which is 1,634% of the area of Veracruz.
- Measured in Belgiums: Pará is about 40.1, Veracruz about 2.31.
How they differ
- Pará also has the larger population: 8.1 million against 8.1 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 114 in Veracruz against 6.6 in Pará: Veracruz is 17.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,400 km apart.
- Together Pará and Veracruz cover 1,302,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,160,000 km², is about the size of Niger (1,181,000 km²).
- At Veracruz's density, Pará would have 140.7 million people (it has 8.1 million). At Pará's density, Veracruz would have 468,000 (it has 8.1 million).
- Veracruz's centre is 23.4° of latitude, about 2,600 km, farther north than Pará'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.
- Veracruz is the 12th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Veracruz lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,600 km) north of Pará, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Pará would have about 151,560 m² and each person in Veracruz about 8,750 m².
- Laid side by side, Pará and Veracruz would cover 1,302,000 km², about the same size as Peru.
- Together they have 16.2 million people, 96% as many people as Senegal.
Side by side
| Pará | Veracruz | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 1,231,000 km²475,000 mi² | 71,000 km²27,400 mi² |
| Official area | 1,246,000 km²Wikidata | 71,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 27in Brazil | 12th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 8.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 8.1 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 9th of 27in Brazil | 3rd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 6.6 per km² | 114 per km² |
| Capital | Belém | Xalapa |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 3°N | 17°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. 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 71,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,000 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