Pernambuco is 2.36× the size of Switzerland

What fits

• Switzerland fits inside Pernambuco about 2.36 times by area.
• Pernambuco is larger by 56,200 km² (21,700 mi²), which is 136% of the area of Switzerland.
• Measured in Belgiums: Pernambuco is about 3.18, Switzerland about 1.35.

How they differ

• Pernambuco is larger, but Switzerland has the larger population: 9.1 million against 9.1 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 220 in Switzerland against 93 in Pernambuco: Switzerland is 2.37× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,640 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Pernambuco at 8°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Switzerland at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Pernambuco as 1.13× the size of Switzerland instead of 2.36×.
• Together Pernambuco and Switzerland cover 139,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 56,200 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
• At Switzerland's density, Pernambuco would have 21.5 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Pernambuco's density, Switzerland would have 3.8 million (it has 9.1 million).
• Switzerland's centre is 55.1° of latitude, about 6,130 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.
• Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Switzerland lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,130 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 Switzerland about 4,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Pernambuco and Switzerland would cover 139,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
• Together they have 18.2 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.
• Counted as a country, Pernambuco would rank 109th by area and 97th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025. 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 41,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 41,400 km², to within 2%.

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