Piauí is 1.02× the size of Chihuahua
Piauí (state of Brazil) covers about 252,000 km² (97,300 mi²) and Chihuahua (state of Mexico) about 248,000 km² (95,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 252,000km²Piauí
- 248,000km²Chihuahua
200 km
- Piauí
- Chihuahua
What fits
- Chihuahua is 98% of the size of Piauí.
- Piauí is larger by 4,030 km² (1,560 mi²), which is 1.6% of the area of Chihuahua.
- Measured in Belgiums: Piauí is about 8.22, Chihuahua about 8.09.
How they differ
- Piauí is larger, but Chihuahua has the larger population: 3.6 million against 3.3 million, 1.09× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 14 in Chihuahua against 13 in Piauí: Chihuahua is 1.10× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,890 km apart.
- On a standard web map Chihuahua looks larger than Piauí: Piauí at 7°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Chihuahua at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Chihuahua as 1.26× the size of Piauí, when Piauí is 1.02× the size of Chihuahua.
- Together Piauí and Chihuahua cover 500,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 4,030 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- At Chihuahua's density, Piauí would have 3.6 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Piauí's density, Chihuahua would have 3.2 million (it has 3.6 million).
- Chihuahua's centre is 36.2° of latitude, about 4,030 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.
- Chihuahua is the largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 13% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
- Chihuahua lies about 36° of latitude (roughly 4,030 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 Chihuahua about 69,720 m².
- Laid side by side, Piauí and Chihuahua would cover 500,000 km², about the same size as Spain.
- Together they have 6.8 million people, about as many people as Paraguay.
Side by side
| Piauí | Chihuahua | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 252,000 km²97,300 mi² | 248,000 km²95,700 mi² |
| Official area | 252,000 km²Wikidata | 247,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 11th of 27in Brazil | 1st of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.6 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 18th of 27in Brazil | 11th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 13 per km² | 14 per km² |
| Capital | Teresina | Chihuahua City |
| Latitude range | 11°S to 3°S | 26°N to 32°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 248,000 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