Paraná is 1.04× the size of Karnataka

Paraná (state of Brazil) covers about 199,000 km² (76,700 mi²) and Karnataka (state of India) about 192,000 km² (74,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

199,000km²Paraná
192,000km²Karnataka

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Paraná
Karnataka

What fits

Karnataka is 97% of the size of Paraná.
Paraná is larger by 6,820 km² (2,640 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Karnataka.
Measured in Belgiums: Paraná is about 6.48, Karnataka about 6.26.

How they differ

Paraná is larger, but Karnataka has the larger population: 61.1 million against 11.4 million, 5.34× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 319 in Karnataka against 58 in Paraná: Karnataka is 5.53× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,500 km apart.
Together Paraná and Karnataka cover 391,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 6,820 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Karnataka's density, Paraná would have 63.3 million people (it has 11.4 million). At Paraná's density, Karnataka would have 11.1 million (it has 61.1 million).
Karnataka's centre is 39.3° of latitude, about 4,370 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.
Karnataka is the 5th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 6.1% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Karnataka lies about 39° of latitude (roughly 4,370 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 Karnataka about 3,140 m².
Laid side by side, Paraná and Karnataka would cover 391,000 km², about the same size as Zimbabwe.
Together they have 72.6 million people, 1.06× as many people as France.

Side by side

	Paraná	Karnataka
Is a	StateBrazil	StateIndia
Area, measured	199,000 km²76,700 mi²	192,000 km²74,100 mi²
Official area	199,000 km²Wikidata	192,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	15th of 27in Brazil	5th of 36in India
Population	11.4 millionWikidata, 2022	61.1 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	5th of 27in Brazil	8th of 36in India
Density	58 per km²	319 per km²
Capital	Curitiba	Bengaluru; Belgaum
Latitude range	27°S to 23°S	12°N to 18°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. 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 192,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 192,000 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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