Rio de Janeiro is 1.22× the size of Baden-Württemberg

What fits

• Baden-Württemberg is 82% of the size of Rio de Janeiro.
• Rio de Janeiro is larger by 7,850 km² (3,030 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Baden-Württemberg.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio de Janeiro is about 1.43, Baden-Württemberg about 1.18.

How they differ

• Rio de Janeiro also has the larger population: 16.1 million against 11.1 million, 1.45× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 365 in Rio de Janeiro against 307 in Baden-Württemberg: Rio de Janeiro is 1.19× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,390 km apart.
• On a standard web map Baden-Württemberg looks larger than Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro at 22°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Baden-Württemberg at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Baden-Württemberg as 1.61× the size of Rio de Janeiro, when Rio de Janeiro is 1.22× the size of Baden-Württemberg.
• Together Rio de Janeiro and Baden-Württemberg cover 80,100 km², close to the size of Czechia (78,800 km², 1.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 7,850 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Baden-Württemberg's density, Rio de Janeiro would have 13.5 million people (it has 16.1 million). At Rio de Janeiro's density, Baden-Württemberg would have 13.2 million (it has 11.1 million).
• Baden-Württemberg's centre is 70.7° of latitude, about 7,870 km, farther north than Rio de Janeiro's.
• Rio de Janeiro is the 24th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Baden-Württemberg is the 3rd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 10% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Baden-Württemberg lies about 71° of latitude (roughly 7,870 km) north of Rio de Janeiro, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Rio de Janeiro would have about 2,740 m² and each person in Baden-Württemberg about 3,250 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio de Janeiro and Baden-Württemberg would cover 80,100 km², about the same size as Czechia.
• Together they have 27.2 million people, about as many people as Australia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 43,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 44,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 35,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 36,100 km², to within 2%.

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