Paraná is 1.07× the size of Hubei

Paraná (state of Brazil) covers about 199,000 km² (76,700 mi²) and Hubei (province of China) about 186,000 km² (71,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

199,000km²Paraná
186,000km²Hubei

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What fits

Hubei is 93% of the size of Paraná.
Paraná is larger by 13,100 km² (5,050 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Hubei.
Measured in Belgiums: Paraná is about 6.48, Hubei about 6.05.

How they differ

Paraná is larger, but Hubei has the larger population: 57.8 million against 11.4 million, 5.05× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 311 in Hubei against 58 in Paraná: Hubei is 5.40× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 18,300 km apart.
On a standard web map Hubei looks larger than Paraná: Paraná at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Hubei at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Hubei as 1.05× the size of Paraná, when Paraná is 1.07× the size of Hubei.
Together Paraná and Hubei cover 384,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 13,100 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
At Hubei's density, Paraná would have 61.8 million people (it has 11.4 million). At Paraná's density, Hubei would have 10.7 million (it has 57.8 million).
Hubei's centre is 55.6° of latitude, about 6,180 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.
Hubei is the 14th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Hubei lies about 56° of latitude (roughly 6,180 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 Hubei about 3,210 m².
Laid side by side, Paraná and Hubei would cover 384,000 km², about the same size as Norway.
Together they have 69.2 million people, about as many people as France.

Side by side

	Paraná	Hubei
Is a	StateBrazil	ProvinceChina
Area, measured	199,000 km²76,700 mi²	186,000 km²71,700 mi²
Official area	199,000 km²Wikidata	186,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	15th of 27in Brazil	14th of 31in China
Population	11.4 millionWikidata, 2022	57.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	5th of 27in Brazil	10th of 31in China
Density	58 per km²	311 per km²
Capital	Curitiba	Wuhan
Latitude range	27°S to 23°S	29°N to 33°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 186,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 186,000 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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