Pernambuco is 1.02× the size of Liberia
Pernambuco (state of Brazil) covers about 97,600 km² (37,700 mi²) and Liberia (Africa) about 95,300 km² (36,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 97,600km²Pernambuco
- 95,300km²Liberia
200 km
- Pernambuco
- Liberia
What fits
- Liberia is 98% of the size of Pernambuco.
- Pernambuco is larger by 2,330 km² (900 mi²), which is 2.4% of the area of Liberia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Pernambuco is about 3.18, Liberia about 3.11.
How they differ
- Pernambuco also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 5.2 million, 1.74× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 93 in Pernambuco against 55 in Liberia: Pernambuco is 1.70× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,580 km apart.
- Together Pernambuco and Liberia cover 193,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 1.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,330 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
- At Liberia's density, Pernambuco would have 5.3 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Pernambuco's density, Liberia would have 8.8 million (it has 5.2 million).
- Liberia's centre is 14.8° of latitude, about 1,640 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.
- Liberia ranks 110th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Liberia lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,640 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 Liberia about 18,280 m².
- Laid side by side, Pernambuco and Liberia would cover 193,000 km², about the same size as Senegal.
- Together they have 14.3 million people, about as many people as Benin.
- Counted as a country, Pernambuco would rank 109th by area and 97th by population.
Side by side
| Pernambuco | Liberia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 97,600 km²37,700 mi² | 95,300 km²36,800 mi² |
| Official area | 98,900 km²Wikidata | 111,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 27in Brazil | 109th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 9.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 27in Brazil | 121st of 237worldwide |
| Density | 93 per km² | 55 per km² |
| Capital | Recife | Monrovia |
| Latitude range | 9°S to 7°S | 4°N to 9°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 98,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 97,600 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 95,300 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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