Peru is 1.05× the size of Pará
Peru (South America) covers about 1,290,000 km² (498,000 mi²) and Pará (state of Brazil) about 1,231,000 km² (475,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,290,000km²Peru
- 1,231,000km²Pará
500 km
- Peru
- Pará
What fits
- Pará is 95% of the size of Peru.
- Peru is larger by 59,200 km² (22,900 mi²), which is 4.8% of the area of Pará.
- Measured in Belgiums: Peru is about 42.1, Pará about 40.1.
How they differ
- Peru also has the larger population: 34.2 million against 8.1 million, 4.21× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 26 in Peru against 6.6 in Pará: Peru is 4.01× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,420 km apart.
- Together Peru and Pará cover 2,521,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 7.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 59,200 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
- At Pará's density, Peru would have 8.5 million people (it has 34.2 million). At Peru's density, Pará would have 32.6 million (it has 8.1 million).
- Pará's centre is 5.1° of latitude, about 560 km, farther north than Peru's.
- Peru ranks 21st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Pará is the 2nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 15% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
- Pará lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 564 km) north of Peru.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Peru would have about 37,760 m² and each person in Pará about 151,560 m².
- Laid side by side, Peru and Pará would cover 2,521,000 km², 93% of the size of Kazakhstan.
- Together they have 42.3 million people, about as many people as Afghanistan.
- Counted as a country, Pará would rank 24th by area and 101st by population.
Side by side
| Peru | Pará | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 1,290,000 km²498,000 mi² | 1,231,000 km²475,000 mi² |
| Official area | 1,285,000 km²Wikidata | 1,246,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 239worldwide | 2nd of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 34.2 millionWikidata, 2025 | 8.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 44th of 237worldwide | 9th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 26 per km² | 6.6 per km² |
| Capital | Lima | Belém |
| Latitude range | 18°S to 0°S | 10°S to 3°N |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,285,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,290,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,246,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,231,000 km², to within 2%.
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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