Rio de Janeiro is 1.06× the size of Switzerland

What fits

• Switzerland is 94% of the size of Rio de Janeiro.
• Rio de Janeiro is larger by 2,540 km² (982 mi²), which is 6.1% of the area of Switzerland.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio de Janeiro is about 1.43, Switzerland about 1.35.

How they differ

• Rio de Janeiro also has the larger population: 16.1 million against 9.1 million, 1.76× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 365 in Rio de Janeiro against 220 in Switzerland: Rio de Janeiro is 1.66× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,210 km apart.
• On a standard web map Switzerland looks larger than Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro at 22°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Switzerland at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Switzerland as 1.72× the size of Rio de Janeiro, when Rio de Janeiro is 1.06× the size of Switzerland.
• Together Rio de Janeiro and Switzerland cover 85,400 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 1.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,540 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Switzerland's density, Rio de Janeiro would have 9.7 million people (it has 16.1 million). At Rio de Janeiro's density, Switzerland would have 15.1 million (it has 9.1 million).
• Switzerland's centre is 69.0° of latitude, about 7,670 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.
• Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Switzerland lies about 69° of latitude (roughly 7,670 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 Switzerland about 4,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio de Janeiro and Switzerland would cover 85,400 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
• Together they have 25.2 million people, 95% as many people as North Korea.
• Counted as a country, Rio de Janeiro would rank 133rd by area and 74th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025. 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 41,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 41,400 km², to within 2%.

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