Paraguay is 1.23× the size of Maranhão
Paraguay (South America) covers about 400,000 km² (154,000 mi²) and Maranhão (state of Brazil) about 326,000 km² (126,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 400,000km²Paraguay
- 326,000km²Maranhão
200 km
- Paraguay
- Maranhão
What fits
- Maranhão is 82% of the size of Paraguay.
- Paraguay is larger by 73,800 km² (28,500 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Maranhão.
- Measured in Belgiums: Paraguay is about 13.0, Maranhão about 10.6.
How they differ
- Paraguay also has the larger population: 6.8 million against 6.8 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 21 in Maranhão against 17 in Paraguay: Maranhão is 1.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,460 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Paraguay at 23°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Maranhão at 5°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Paraguay as 1.44× the size of Maranhão instead of 1.23×.
- Together Paraguay and Maranhão cover 726,000 km², close to the size of Chile (736,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 73,800 km², is about the size of Panama (74,500 km²).
- At Maranhão's density, Paraguay would have 8.3 million people (it has 6.8 million). At Paraguay's density, Maranhão would have 5.6 million (it has 6.8 million).
- Maranhão's centre is 18.1° of latitude, about 2,020 km, farther north than Paraguay's.
- Paraguay ranks 61st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Maranhão is the 8th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.8% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
- Maranhão lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,020 km) north of Paraguay.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Paraguay would have about 58,710 m² and each person in Maranhão about 48,130 m².
- Laid side by side, Paraguay and Maranhão would cover 726,000 km², about the same size as Chile.
- Together they have 13.6 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
- Counted as a country, Maranhão would rank 69th by area and 108th by population.
Side by side
| Paraguay | Maranhão | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 400,000 km²154,000 mi² | 326,000 km²126,000 mi² |
| Official area | 407,000 km²Wikidata | 332,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 60th of 239worldwide | 8th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2017 | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 107th of 237worldwide | 12th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 17 per km² | 21 per km² |
| Capital | Asunción | São Luís |
| Latitude range | 28°S to 19°S | 10°S to 1°S |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022. 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 332,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 326,000 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