Piauí is 3.46× the size of Baja California
Piauí (state of Brazil) covers about 252,000 km² (97,300 mi²) and Baja California (state of Mexico) about 72,900 km² (28,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 252,000km²Piauí
- 72,900km²Baja California
200 km
- Piauí
- Baja California
What fits
- Baja California fits inside Piauí about 3.46 times by area.
- Piauí is larger by 179,000 km² (69,200 mi²), which is 246% of the area of Baja California.
- Measured in Belgiums: Piauí is about 8.22, Baja California about 2.38.
How they differ
- Piauí is larger, but Baja California has the larger population: 3.3 million against 3.3 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 45 in Baja California against 13 in Piauí: Baja California is 3.50× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,740 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Piauí at 7°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Baja California at 31°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Piauí as 2.61× the size of Baja California instead of 3.46×.
- Together Piauí and Baja California cover 325,000 km², close to the size of Malaysia (328,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 179,000 km², is about the size of Uruguay (177,000 km²).
- At Baja California's density, Piauí would have 11.5 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Piauí's density, Baja California would have 946,000 (it has 3.3 million).
- Baja California's centre is 37.9° of latitude, about 4,220 km, farther north than Piauí's.
- Piauí is the 11th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Baja California is the 10th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Baja California lies about 38° of latitude (roughly 4,220 km) north of Piauí, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Piauí would have about 77,040 m² and each person in Baja California about 21,990 m².
- Laid side by side, Piauí and Baja California would cover 325,000 km², about the same size as Malaysia.
- Together they have 6.6 million people, about as many people as Serbia.
Side by side
| Piauí | Baja California | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 252,000 km²97,300 mi² | 72,900 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 252,000 km²Wikidata | 71,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 11th of 27in Brazil | 10th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 18th of 27in Brazil | 14th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 13 per km² | 45 per km² |
| Capital | Teresina | Mexicali |
| Latitude range | 11°S to 3°S | 28°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 252,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 252,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 72,900 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 71,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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