Paraguay is 4.24× the size of Indiana
Paraguay (South America) covers about 400,000 km² (154,000 mi²) and Indiana (state of the United States) about 94,300 km² (36,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 400,000km²Paraguay
- 94,300km²Indiana
200 km
- Paraguay
- Indiana
What fits
- Indiana fits inside Paraguay about 4.24 times by area.
- Paraguay is larger by 306,000 km² (118,000 mi²), which is 324% of the area of Indiana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Paraguay is about 13.0, Indiana about 3.08.
How they differ
- Paraguay also has the larger population: 6.8 million against 6.8 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 72 in Indiana against 17 in Paraguay: Indiana is 4.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,590 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Paraguay at 23°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Indiana at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Paraguay as 2.95× the size of Indiana instead of 4.24×.
- Together Paraguay and Indiana cover 494,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 1.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 306,000 km², is about the size of Italy (301,000 km²).
- At Indiana's density, Paraguay would have 28.8 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Paraguay's density, Indiana would have 1.6 million (it has 6.8 million).
- Indiana's centre is 63.1° of latitude, about 7,020 km, farther north than Paraguay's.
- Paraguay ranks 61st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Indiana is the 38th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Indiana lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 7,020 km) north of Paraguay, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Paraguay would have about 58,710 m² and each person in Indiana about 13,900 m².
- Laid side by side, Paraguay and Indiana would cover 494,000 km², about the same size as Spain.
- Together they have 13.6 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
- Counted as a country, Indiana would rank 110th by area and 108th by population.
Side by side
| Paraguay | Indiana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 400,000 km²154,000 mi² | 94,300 km²36,400 mi² |
| Official area | 407,000 km²Wikidata | 94,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 60th of 239worldwide | 38th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2017 | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 107th of 237worldwide | 17th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 17 per km² | 72 per km² |
| Capital | Asunción | Indianapolis |
| Latitude range | 28°S to 19°S | 38°N to 42°N |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 407,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 400,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 94,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,300 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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