Pernambuco is 1.03× the size of Bihar
Pernambuco (state of Brazil) covers about 97,600 km² (37,700 mi²) and Bihar (state of India) about 94,700 km² (36,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 97,600km²Pernambuco
- 94,700km²Bihar
200 km
- Pernambuco
- Bihar
What fits
- Bihar is 97% of the size of Pernambuco.
- Pernambuco is larger by 2,940 km² (1,140 mi²), which is 3.1% of the area of Bihar.
- Measured in Belgiums: Pernambuco is about 3.18, Bihar about 3.09.
How they differ
- Pernambuco is larger, but Bihar has the larger population: 103.8 million against 9.1 million, 11.5× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,096 in Bihar against 93 in Pernambuco: Bihar is 11.8× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,800 km apart.
- On a standard web map Bihar looks larger than Pernambuco: Pernambuco at 8°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Bihar at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Bihar as 1.17× the size of Pernambuco, when Pernambuco is 1.03× the size of Bihar.
- Together Pernambuco and Bihar cover 192,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 2.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,940 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
- At Bihar's density, Pernambuco would have 107.0 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Pernambuco's density, Bihar would have 8.8 million (it has 103.8 million).
- Bihar's centre is 34.0° of latitude, about 3,780 km, farther north than Pernambuco's.
- Pernambuco is the 19th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Bihar is the 12th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Bihar lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,780 km) north of Pernambuco, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Pernambuco would have about 10,780 m² and each person in Bihar about 910 m².
- Laid side by side, Pernambuco and Bihar would cover 192,000 km², about the same size as Senegal.
- Together they have 112.9 million people, about as many people as the Philippines.
Side by side
| Pernambuco | Bihar | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 97,600 km²37,700 mi² | 94,700 km²36,600 mi² |
| Official area | 98,900 km²Wikidata | 94,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 27in Brazil | 12th of 36in India |
| Population | 9.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 103.8 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 27in Brazil | 3rd of 36in India |
| Density | 93 per km² | 1,096 per km² |
| Capital | Recife | Patna |
| Latitude range | 9°S to 7°S | 24°N to 28°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 98,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 97,600 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,700 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