Paraná is 1.10× the size of Missouri
Paraná (state of Brazil) covers about 199,000 km² (76,700 mi²) and Missouri (state of the United States) about 180,000 km² (69,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 199,000km²Paraná
- 180,000km²Missouri
200 km
- Paraná
- Missouri
What fits
- Missouri is 91% of the size of Paraná.
- Paraná is larger by 18,200 km² (7,020 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Missouri.
- Measured in Belgiums: Paraná is about 6.48, Missouri about 5.88.
How they differ
- Paraná also has the larger population: 11.4 million against 6.2 million, 1.86× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 58 in Paraná against 34 in Missouri: Paraná is 1.69× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,200 km apart.
- On a standard web map Missouri looks larger than Paraná: Paraná at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Missouri at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Missouri as 1.22× the size of Paraná, when Paraná is 1.10× the size of Missouri.
- Together Paraná and Missouri cover 379,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 18,200 km², is about the size of Fiji (18,900 km²).
- At Missouri's density, Paraná would have 6.8 million people (it has 11.4 million). At Paraná's density, Missouri would have 10.4 million (it has 6.2 million).
- Missouri's centre is 63.0° of latitude, about 7,000 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.
- Missouri is the 20th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Missouri lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 7,000 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 Missouri about 29,320 m².
- Laid side by side, Paraná and Missouri would cover 379,000 km², about the same size as Norway.
- Together they have 17.6 million people, about as many people as Malawi.
Side by side
| Paraná | Missouri | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 199,000 km²76,700 mi² | 180,000 km²69,700 mi² |
| Official area | 199,000 km²Wikidata | 181,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 15th of 27in Brazil | 20th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 11.4 millionWikidata, 2022 | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 27in Brazil | 19th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 58 per km² | 34 per km² |
| Capital | Curitiba | Jefferson City |
| Latitude range | 27°S to 23°S | 36°N to 41°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 181,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 180,000 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