Piauí is 1.15× the size of Utah

Piauí (state of Brazil) covers about 252,000 km² (97,300 mi²) and Utah (state of the United States) about 220,000 km² (84,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

252,000km²Piauí
220,000km²Utah

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Piauí
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What fits

Utah is 87% of the size of Piauí.
Piauí is larger by 32,200 km² (12,500 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Utah.
Measured in Belgiums: Piauí is about 8.22, Utah about 7.17.

How they differ

Piauí is larger, but Utah has the larger population: 3.3 million against 3.3 million, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 15 in Utah against 13 in Piauí: Utah is 1.15× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,740 km apart.
On a standard web map Utah looks larger than Piauí: Piauí at 7°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Utah at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Utah as 1.43× the size of Piauí, when Piauí is 1.15× the size of Utah.
Together Piauí and Utah cover 472,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 32,200 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
At Utah's density, Piauí would have 3.8 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Piauí's density, Utah would have 2.9 million (it has 3.3 million).
Utah's centre is 46.7° of latitude, about 5,190 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.
Utah is the 13th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 41st most densely populated of them.
Utah lies about 47° of latitude (roughly 5,190 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 Utah about 67,170 m².
Laid side by side, Piauí and Utah would cover 472,000 km², about the same size as Somalia.
Together they have 6.5 million people, about as many people as Serbia.

Side by side

	Piauí	Utah
Is a	StateBrazil	StateUnited States
Area, measured	252,000 km²97,300 mi²	220,000 km²84,900 mi²
Official area	252,000 km²Wikidata	220,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	11th of 27in Brazil	13th of 51in the United States
Population	3.3 millionWikidata, 2022	3.3 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	18th of 27in Brazil	30th of 51in the United States
Density	13 per km²	15 per km²
Capital	Teresina	Salt Lake City
Latitude range	11°S to 3°S	37°N to 42°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 220,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 220,000 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

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