Pernambuco is 1.03× the size of Indiana

What fits

• Indiana is 97% of the size of Pernambuco.
• Pernambuco is larger by 3,300 km² (1,270 mi²), which is 3.5% of the area of Indiana.
• Measured in Belgiums: Pernambuco is about 3.18, Indiana about 3.08.

How they differ

• Pernambuco also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 6.8 million, 1.34× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 93 in Pernambuco against 72 in Indiana: Pernambuco is 1.29× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map Indiana looks larger than Pernambuco: Pernambuco at 8°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Indiana at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Indiana as 1.61× the size of Pernambuco, when Pernambuco is 1.03× the size of Indiana.
• Together Pernambuco and Indiana cover 192,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 2.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 3,300 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
• At Indiana's density, Pernambuco would have 7.0 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Pernambuco's density, Indiana would have 8.8 million (it has 6.8 million).
• Indiana's centre is 48.2° of latitude, about 5,360 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.
• Indiana is the 38th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
• Indiana lies about 48° of latitude (roughly 5,360 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 Indiana about 13,900 m².
• Laid side by side, Pernambuco and Indiana would cover 192,000 km², about the same size as Senegal.
• Together they have 15.8 million people, 1.04× as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 94,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,300 km², to within 2%.

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