Pernambuco is 1.03× the size of Castile and León

Pernambuco (state of Brazil) covers about 97,600 km² (37,700 mi²) and Castile and León (autonomous community of Spain) about 94,800 km² (36,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

97,600km²Pernambuco
94,800km²Castile and León

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Pernambuco
Castile and León

What fits

Castile and León is 97% of the size of Pernambuco.
Pernambuco is larger by 2,850 km² (1,100 mi²), which is 3.0% of the area of Castile and León.
Measured in Belgiums: Pernambuco is about 3.18, Castile and León about 3.09.

How they differ

Pernambuco also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 2.4 million, 3.79× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 93 in Pernambuco against 25 in Castile and León: Pernambuco is 3.68× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,520 km apart.
On a standard web map Castile and León looks larger than Pernambuco: Pernambuco at 8°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Castile and León at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Castile and León as 1.71× the size of Pernambuco, when Pernambuco is 1.03× the size of Castile and León.
Together Pernambuco and Castile and León cover 192,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 2.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,850 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Castile and León's density, Pernambuco would have 2.5 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Pernambuco's density, Castile and León would have 8.8 million (it has 2.4 million).
Castile and León's centre is 50.1° of latitude, about 5,570 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.
Castile and León is the largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 19% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
Castile and León lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,570 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 Castile and León about 39,690 m².
Laid side by side, Pernambuco and Castile and León would cover 192,000 km², about the same size as Senegal.
Together they have 11.4 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.

Side by side

	Pernambuco	Castile and León
Is a	StateBrazil	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	97,600 km²37,700 mi²	94,800 km²36,600 mi²
Official area	98,900 km²Wikidata	94,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	19th of 27in Brazil	1st of 19in Spain
Population	9.1 millionWikidata, 2022	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	7th of 27in Brazil	6th of 19in Spain
Density	93 per km²	25 per km²
Capital	Recife	–
Latitude range	9°S to 7°S	40°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 94,800 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Castile and León is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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