Rio Grande do Norte is 1.75× the size of Normandy

What fits

• Normandy is 57% of the size of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Rio Grande do Norte is larger by 22,700 km² (8,760 mi²), which is 75% of the area of Normandy.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Norte is about 1.72, Normandy about 0.98.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Norte is larger, but Normandy has the larger population: 3.3 million against 3.3 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 111 in Normandy against 63 in Rio Grande do Norte: Normandy is 1.77× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,070 km apart.
• On a standard web map Normandy looks larger than Rio Grande do Norte: Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Normandy at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Normandy as 1.32× the size of Rio Grande do Norte, when Rio Grande do Norte is 1.75× the size of Normandy.
• Together Rio Grande do Norte and Normandy cover 82,900 km², close to the size of Austria (84,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 22,700 km², is about the size of Belize (22,300 km²).
• At Normandy's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 5.9 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Normandy would have 1.9 million (it has 3.3 million).
• Normandy's centre is 55.0° of latitude, about 6,110 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.
• Normandy is the 11th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
• Normandy lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,110 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 Normandy about 9,020 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Norte and Normandy would cover 82,900 km², about the same size as Austria.
• Together they have 6.6 million people, about as many people as Serbia.

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 29,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 km², to within 2%.

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