Paraíba is 1.03× the size of Croatia
Paraíba (state of Brazil) covers about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²) and Croatia (Europe) about 55,000 km² (21,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 56,500km²Paraíba
- 55,000km²Croatia
100 km
- Paraíba
- Croatia
What fits
- Croatia is 97% of the size of Paraíba.
- Paraíba is larger by 1,490 km² (576 mi²), which is 2.7% of the area of Croatia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Paraíba is about 1.84, Croatia about 1.79.
How they differ
- Paraíba also has the larger population: 4.0 million against 3.9 million, 1.03× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 70 in Croatia against 70 in Paraíba: Croatia is 1.00× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,850 km apart.
- On a standard web map Croatia looks larger than Paraíba: Paraíba at 7°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Croatia at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Croatia as 1.92× the size of Paraíba, when Paraíba is 1.03× the size of Croatia.
- Together Paraíba and Croatia cover 112,000 km², close to the size of Honduras (112,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,490 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Croatia's density, Paraíba would have 4.0 million people (it has 4.0 million). At Paraíba's density, Croatia would have 3.9 million (it has 3.9 million).
- Croatia's centre is 52.2° of latitude, about 5,800 km, farther north than Paraíba's.
- 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.
- Croatia ranks 128th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Croatia lies about 52° of latitude (roughly 5,800 km) north of Paraíba, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Paraíba would have about 14,220 m² and each person in Croatia about 14,210 m².
- Laid side by side, Paraíba and Croatia would cover 112,000 km², about the same size as Honduras.
- Together they have 7.8 million people, about as many people as Togo.
- Counted as a country, Paraíba would rank 127th by area and 130th by population.
Side by side
| Paraíba | Croatia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 56,500 km²21,800 mi² | 55,000 km²21,200 mi² |
| Official area | 56,600 km²Wikidata | 56,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 21st of 27in Brazil | 127th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 13th of 27in Brazil | 131st of 237worldwide |
| Density | 70 per km² | 70 per km² |
| Capital | João Pessoa | Zagreb |
| Latitude range | 8°S to 6°S | 42°N to 47°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 55,000 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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