Rio de Janeiro is 1.12× the size of Centre-Val de Loire

What fits

• Centre-Val de Loire is 89% of the size of Rio de Janeiro.
• Rio de Janeiro is larger by 4,630 km² (1,790 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Centre-Val de Loire.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio de Janeiro is about 1.43, Centre-Val de Loire about 1.28.

How they differ

• Rio de Janeiro also has the larger population: 16.1 million against 2.6 million, 6.22× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 365 in Rio de Janeiro against 66 in Centre-Val de Loire: Rio de Janeiro is 5.57× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,920 km apart.
• On a standard web map Centre-Val de Loire looks larger than Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro at 22°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Centre-Val de Loire at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Centre-Val de Loire as 1.68× the size of Rio de Janeiro, when Rio de Janeiro is 1.12× the size of Centre-Val de Loire.
• Together Rio de Janeiro and Centre-Val de Loire cover 83,300 km², close to the size of Austria (84,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 4,630 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
• At Centre-Val de Loire's density, Rio de Janeiro would have 2.9 million people (it has 16.1 million). At Rio de Janeiro's density, Centre-Val de Loire would have 14.4 million (it has 2.6 million).
• Centre-Val de Loire's centre is 69.7° of latitude, about 7,750 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.
• Centre-Val de Loire is the 7th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 6.2% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• Centre-Val de Loire lies about 70° of latitude (roughly 7,750 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 Centre-Val de Loire about 15,240 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio de Janeiro and Centre-Val de Loire would cover 83,300 km², about the same size as Austria.
• Together they have 18.6 million people, about as many people as Romania.

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 39,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 39,400 km², to within 2%.

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