Rio de Janeiro and Haryana are almost exactly the same size
Rio de Janeiro (state of Brazil) covers about 44,000 km² (17,000 mi²) and Haryana (state of India) about 43,900 km² (17,000 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 44,000km²Rio de Janeiro
- 43,900km²Haryana
100 km
- Rio de Janeiro
- Haryana
What fits
- Haryana is 100% of the size of Rio de Janeiro.
- The measured areas differ by 32.6 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Rio de Janeiro is about 1.43, Haryana about 1.43.
How they differ
- Rio de Janeiro is larger, but Haryana has the larger population: 25.4 million against 16.1 million, 1.58× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 577 in Haryana against 365 in Rio de Janeiro: Haryana is 1.58× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,900 km apart.
- On a standard web map Haryana looks larger than Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro at 22°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Haryana at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Haryana as 1.12× the size of Rio de Janeiro, when Rio de Janeiro is 1.00× the size of Haryana.
- Together Rio de Janeiro and Haryana cover 87,900 km², close to the size of Jordan (88,900 km², 1.1% bigger).
- At Haryana's density, Rio de Janeiro would have 25.4 million people (it has 16.1 million). At Rio de Janeiro's density, Haryana would have 16.0 million (it has 25.4 million).
- Haryana's centre is 51.4° of latitude, about 5,720 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.
- Haryana is the 21st largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Haryana lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,720 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 Haryana about 1,730 m².
- Laid side by side, Rio de Janeiro and Haryana would cover 87,900 km², about the same size as Jordan.
- Together they have 41.4 million people, about as many people as Afghanistan.
Side by side
| Rio de Janeiro | Haryana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 44,000 km²17,000 mi² | 43,900 km²17,000 mi² |
| Official area | 43,700 km²Wikidata | 44,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 24th of 27in Brazil | 21st of 36in India |
| Population | 16.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 25.4 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 3rd of 27in Brazil | 18th of 36in India |
| Density | 365 per km² | 577 per km² |
| Capital | Rio de Janeiro | Chandigarh |
| Latitude range | 23°S to 21°S | 28°N to 31°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. 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 44,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 43,900 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