Rio Grande do Norte is 1.11× the size of Lower Saxony

What fits

• Lower Saxony is 90% of the size of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Rio Grande do Norte is larger by 5,220 km² (2,010 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Lower Saxony.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Norte is about 1.72, Lower Saxony about 1.55.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Norte is larger, but Lower Saxony has the larger population: 7.9 million against 3.3 million, 2.41× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 63 in Rio Grande do Norte: Lower Saxony is 2.67× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,810 km apart.
• On a standard web map Lower Saxony looks larger than Rio Grande do Norte: Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 2.44× the size of Rio Grande do Norte, when Rio Grande do Norte is 1.11× the size of Lower Saxony.
• Together Rio Grande do Norte and Lower Saxony cover 100,000 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 1.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 5,220 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
• At Lower Saxony's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 8.8 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Lower Saxony would have 3.0 million (it has 7.9 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 58.6° of latitude, about 6,520 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.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 59° of latitude (roughly 6,520 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 Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Norte and Lower Saxony would cover 100,000 km², about the same size as South Korea.
• Together they have 11.2 million people, about as many people as Somalia.

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 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.

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