Rio de Janeiro is 1.04× the size of Extremadura

What fits

• Extremadura is 96% of the size of Rio de Janeiro.
• Rio de Janeiro is larger by 1,870 km² (723 mi²), which is 4.4% of the area of Extremadura.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio de Janeiro is about 1.43, Extremadura about 1.37.

How they differ

• Rio de Janeiro also has the larger population: 16.1 million against 1.1 million, 15.3× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 365 in Rio de Janeiro against 25 in Extremadura: Rio de Janeiro is 14.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,810 km apart.
• On a standard web map Extremadura looks larger than Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro at 22°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Extremadura at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Extremadura as 1.37× the size of Rio de Janeiro, when Rio de Janeiro is 1.04× the size of Extremadura.
• Together Rio de Janeiro and Extremadura cover 86,100 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,870 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Extremadura's density, Rio de Janeiro would have 1.1 million people (it has 16.1 million). At Rio de Janeiro's density, Extremadura would have 15.4 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Extremadura's centre is 61.4° of latitude, about 6,830 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.
• Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
• Extremadura lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,830 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 Extremadura about 39,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio de Janeiro and Extremadura would cover 86,100 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
• Together they have 17.1 million people, about as many people as Guatemala.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 km², to within 2%.

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