Rio Grande do Norte is 1.02× the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina

What fits

• Bosnia and Herzegovina is 98% of the size of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Rio Grande do Norte is larger by 985 km² (380 mi²), which is 1.9% of the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Norte is about 1.72, Bosnia and Herzegovina about 1.69.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Norte is larger, but Bosnia and Herzegovina has the larger population: 3.8 million against 3.3 million, 1.16× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 74 in Bosnia and Herzegovina against 63 in Rio Grande do Norte: Bosnia and Herzegovina is 1.18× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,770 km apart.
• On a standard web map Bosnia and Herzegovina looks larger than Rio Grande do Norte: Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Bosnia and Herzegovina at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Bosnia and Herzegovina as 1.89× the size of Rio Grande do Norte, when Rio Grande do Norte is 1.02× the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Together Rio Grande do Norte and Bosnia and Herzegovina cover 105,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 2.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 985 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Bosnia and Herzegovina's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 3.9 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Bosnia and Herzegovina would have 3.2 million (it has 3.8 million).
• Bosnia and Herzegovina's centre is 50.0° of latitude, about 5,560 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Norte's.
• Rio Grande do Norte is the 22nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 129th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,560 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Rio Grande do Norte would have about 15,990 m² and each person in Bosnia and Herzegovina about 13,580 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Norte and Bosnia and Herzegovina would cover 105,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
• Together they have 7.1 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.
• Counted as a country, Rio Grande do Norte would rank 128th by area and 136th by population.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 53,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,800 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 51,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 51,800 km², to within 2%.

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