Paraíba is 1.32× the size of Denmark
Paraíba (state of Brazil) covers about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²) and Denmark (Europe) about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 56,500km²Paraíba
- 42,700km²Denmark
100 km
- Paraíba
- Denmark
What fits
- Denmark is 76% of the size of Paraíba.
- Paraíba is larger by 13,800 km² (5,340 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Denmark.
- Measured in Belgiums: Paraíba is about 1.84, Denmark about 1.39.
How they differ
- Paraíba is larger, but Denmark has the larger population: 5.8 million against 4.0 million, 1.46× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 136 in Denmark against 70 in Paraíba: Denmark is 1.94× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,220 km apart.
- On a standard web map Denmark looks larger than Paraíba: Paraíba at 7°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Denmark as 2.37× the size of Paraíba, when Paraíba is 1.32× the size of Denmark.
- Together Paraíba and Denmark cover 99,200 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 13,800 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
- At Denmark's density, Paraíba would have 7.7 million people (it has 4.0 million). At Paraíba's density, Denmark would have 3.0 million (it has 5.8 million).
- Denmark's centre is 63.1° of latitude, about 7,010 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.
- Denmark ranks 134th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Denmark lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 7,010 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 Denmark about 7,330 m².
- Laid side by side, Paraíba and Denmark would cover 99,200 km², about the same size as South Korea.
- Together they have 9.8 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.
- Counted as a country, Paraíba would rank 127th by area and 130th by population.
Side by side
| Paraíba | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 56,500 km²21,800 mi² | 42,700 km²16,500 mi² |
| Official area | 56,600 km²Wikidata | 42,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 21st of 27in Brazil | 133rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 13th of 27in Brazil | 115th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 70 per km² | 136 per km² |
| Capital | João Pessoa | Copenhagen |
| Latitude range | 8°S to 6°S | 55°N to 58°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 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