Paraná is 6.48× the size of Belgium
Paraná (state of Brazil) covers about 199,000 km² (76,700 mi²) and Belgium (Europe) about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 199,000km²Paraná
- 30,700km²Belgium
200 km
- Paraná
- Belgium
What fits
- Belgium fits inside Paraná about 6.48 times by area.
- Paraná is larger by 168,000 km² (64,900 mi²), which is 548% of the area of Belgium.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Paraná is about 4.79, Belgium about 0.74.
How they differ
- Paraná is larger, but Belgium has the larger population: 11.8 million against 11.4 million, 1.03× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 58 in Paraná: Belgium is 6.69× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,000 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Paraná at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Belgium at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Paraná as 3.15× the size of Belgium instead of 6.48×.
- Together Paraná and Belgium cover 229,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 168,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
- At Belgium's density, Paraná would have 76.6 million people (it has 11.4 million). At Paraná's density, Belgium would have 1.8 million (it has 11.8 million).
- Belgium's centre is 75.3° of latitude, about 8,370 km, farther north than Paraná's.
- Paraná is the 15th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Belgium lies about 75° of latitude (roughly 8,370 km) north of Paraná, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Paraná would have about 17,360 m² and each person in Belgium about 2,590 m².
- Laid side by side, Paraná and Belgium would cover 229,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
- Together they have 23.3 million people, about as many people as Burkina Faso.
- Counted as a country, Paraná would rank 87th by area and 82nd by population.
Side by side
| Paraná | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 199,000 km²76,700 mi² | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² |
| Official area | 199,000 km²Wikidata | 30,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 15th of 27in Brazil | 140th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 11.4 millionWikidata, 2022 | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 27in Brazil | 80th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 58 per km² | 386 per km² |
| Capital | Curitiba | Brussels |
| Latitude range | 27°S to 23°S | 49°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 199,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 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