Paraná is 1.04× the size of Jilin

Paraná (state of Brazil) covers about 199,000 km² (76,700 mi²) and Jilin (province of China) about 191,000 km² (73,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

199,000km²Paraná
191,000km²Jilin

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What fits

Jilin is 96% of the size of Paraná.
Paraná is larger by 7,640 km² (2,950 mi²), which is 4.0% of the area of Jilin.
Measured in Belgiums: Paraná is about 6.48, Jilin about 6.23.

How they differ

Paraná is larger, but Jilin has the larger population: 24.1 million against 11.4 million, 2.10× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 126 in Jilin against 58 in Paraná: Jilin is 2.19× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 17,900 km apart.
On a standard web map Jilin looks larger than Paraná: Paraná at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Jilin at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Jilin as 1.52× the size of Paraná, when Paraná is 1.04× the size of Jilin.
Together Paraná and Jilin cover 390,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,640 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Jilin's density, Paraná would have 25.0 million people (it has 11.4 million). At Paraná's density, Jilin would have 11.0 million (it has 24.1 million).
Jilin's centre is 68.3° of latitude, about 7,600 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.
Jilin is the 12th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
Jilin lies about 68° of latitude (roughly 7,600 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 Jilin about 7,930 m².
Laid side by side, Paraná and Jilin would cover 390,000 km², about the same size as Zimbabwe.
Together they have 35.5 million people, about as many people as Uzbekistan.

Side by side

	Paraná	Jilin
Is a	StateBrazil	ProvinceChina
Area, measured	199,000 km²76,700 mi²	191,000 km²73,800 mi²
Official area	199,000 km²Wikidata	187,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	15th of 27in Brazil	12th of 31in China
Population	11.4 millionWikidata, 2022	24.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	5th of 27in Brazil	24th of 31in China
Density	58 per km²	126 per km²
Capital	Curitiba	Changchun
Latitude range	27°S to 23°S	41°N to 46°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 191,000 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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