Paraná is 1.05× the size of Hebei

Paraná (state of Brazil) covers about 199,000 km² (76,700 mi²) and Hebei (province of China) about 189,000 km² (73,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

199,000km²Paraná
189,000km²Hebei

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Paraná
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What fits

Hebei is 95% of the size of Paraná.
Paraná is larger by 9,700 km² (3,740 mi²), which is 5.1% of the area of Hebei.
Measured in Belgiums: Paraná is about 6.48, Hebei about 6.16.

How they differ

Paraná is larger, but Hebei has the larger population: 74.6 million against 11.4 million, 6.52× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 395 in Hebei against 58 in Paraná: Hebei is 6.85× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 18,000 km apart.
On a standard web map Hebei looks larger than Paraná: Paraná at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Hebei at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Hebei as 1.32× the size of Paraná, when Paraná is 1.05× the size of Hebei.
Together Paraná and Hebei cover 388,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 9,700 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Hebei's density, Paraná would have 78.4 million people (it has 11.4 million). At Paraná's density, Hebei would have 10.9 million (it has 74.6 million).
Hebei's centre is 64.2° of latitude, about 7,130 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.
Hebei is the 13th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Hebei lies about 64° of latitude (roughly 7,130 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 Hebei about 2,530 m².
Laid side by side, Paraná and Hebei would cover 388,000 km², about the same size as Zimbabwe.
Together they have 86.1 million people, about as many people as Turkey.

Side by side

	Paraná	Hebei
Is a	StateBrazil	ProvinceChina
Area, measured	199,000 km²76,700 mi²	189,000 km²73,000 mi²
Official area	199,000 km²Wikidata	187,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	15th of 27in Brazil	13th of 31in China
Population	11.4 millionWikidata, 2022	74.6 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	5th of 27in Brazil	6th of 31in China
Density	58 per km²	395 per km²
Capital	Curitiba	Shijiazhuang
Latitude range	27°S to 23°S	36°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 187,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 189,000 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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