Paraíba is 1.02× the size of Himachal Pradesh

Paraíba (state of Brazil) covers about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²) and Himachal Pradesh (state of India) about 55,400 km² (21,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

56,500km²Paraíba
55,400km²Himachal Pradesh

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Paraíba
Himachal Pradesh

What fits

Himachal Pradesh is 98% of the size of Paraíba.
Paraíba is larger by 1,120 km² (432 mi²), which is 2.0% of the area of Himachal Pradesh.
Measured in Belgiums: Paraíba is about 1.84, Himachal Pradesh about 1.81.

How they differ

Paraíba is larger, but Himachal Pradesh has the larger population: 6.9 million against 4.0 million, 1.73× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 124 in Himachal Pradesh against 70 in Paraíba: Himachal Pradesh is 1.76× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,700 km apart.
On a standard web map Himachal Pradesh looks larger than Paraíba: Paraíba at 7°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Himachal Pradesh at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Himachal Pradesh as 1.34× the size of Paraíba, when Paraíba is 1.02× the size of Himachal Pradesh.
Together Paraíba and Himachal Pradesh cover 112,000 km², close to the size of Honduras (112,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,120 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Himachal Pradesh's density, Paraíba would have 7.0 million people (it has 4.0 million). At Paraíba's density, Himachal Pradesh would have 3.9 million (it has 6.9 million).
Himachal Pradesh's centre is 39.1° of latitude, about 4,340 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.
Himachal Pradesh is the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Himachal Pradesh lies about 39° of latitude (roughly 4,340 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 Himachal Pradesh about 8,070 m².
Laid side by side, Paraíba and Himachal Pradesh would cover 112,000 km², about the same size as Honduras.
Together they have 10.8 million people, about as many people as Czechia.

Side by side

	Paraíba	Himachal Pradesh
Is a	StateBrazil	StateIndia
Area, measured	56,500 km²21,800 mi²	55,400 km²21,400 mi²
Official area	56,600 km²Wikidata	55,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	21st of 27in Brazil	18th of 36in India
Population	4.0 millionWikidata, 2022	6.9 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	13th of 27in Brazil	22nd of 36in India
Density	70 per km²	124 per km²
Capital	João Pessoa	Shimla
Latitude range	8°S to 6°S	30°N to 33°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. 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 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 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

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