Pernambuco is 1.06× the size of Oaxaca
Pernambuco (state of Brazil) covers about 97,600 km² (37,700 mi²) and Oaxaca (state of Mexico) about 92,200 km² (35,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 97,600km²Pernambuco
- 92,200km²Oaxaca
200 km
- Pernambuco
- Oaxaca
What fits
- Oaxaca is 94% of the size of Pernambuco.
- Pernambuco is larger by 5,470 km² (2,110 mi²), which is 5.9% of the area of Oaxaca.
- Measured in Belgiums: Pernambuco is about 3.18, Oaxaca about 3.00.
How they differ
- Pernambuco also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 4.0 million, 2.28× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 93 in Pernambuco against 43 in Oaxaca: Pernambuco is 2.16× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,010 km apart.
- On a standard web map Oaxaca looks larger than Pernambuco: Pernambuco at 8°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Oaxaca at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Oaxaca as 1.01× the size of Pernambuco, when Pernambuco is 1.06× the size of Oaxaca.
- Together Pernambuco and Oaxaca cover 190,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 2.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 5,470 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- At Oaxaca's density, Pernambuco would have 4.2 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Pernambuco's density, Oaxaca would have 8.6 million (it has 4.0 million).
- Oaxaca's centre is 25.3° of latitude, about 2,810 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.
- Oaxaca is the 5th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Oaxaca lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,810 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 Oaxaca about 23,230 m².
- Laid side by side, Pernambuco and Oaxaca would cover 190,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
- Together they have 13.0 million people, 1.04× as many people as South Sudan.
Side by side
| Pernambuco | Oaxaca | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 97,600 km²37,700 mi² | 92,200 km²35,600 mi² |
| Official area | 98,900 km²Wikidata | 93,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 27in Brazil | 5th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 9.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 27in Brazil | 10th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 93 per km² | 43 per km² |
| Capital | Recife | Oaxaca de Juárez |
| Latitude range | 9°S to 7°S | 16°N to 19°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. 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 93,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 92,200 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