Rio Grande do Norte is 1.27× the size of Switzerland

What fits

• Switzerland is 78% of the size of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Rio Grande do Norte is larger by 11,400 km² (4,390 mi²), which is 27% of the area of Switzerland.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Norte is about 1.72, Switzerland about 1.35.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Norte is larger, but Switzerland has the larger population: 9.1 million against 3.3 million, 2.76× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 220 in Switzerland against 63 in Rio Grande do Norte: Switzerland is 3.51× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,330 km apart.
• On a standard web map Switzerland looks larger than Rio Grande do Norte: Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Switzerland at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Switzerland as 1.66× the size of Rio Grande do Norte, when Rio Grande do Norte is 1.27× the size of Switzerland.
• Together Rio Grande do Norte and Switzerland cover 94,200 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 1.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 11,400 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
• At Switzerland's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 11.6 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Switzerland would have 2.6 million (it has 9.1 million).
• Switzerland's centre is 52.6° of latitude, about 5,850 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.
• Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Switzerland lies about 53° of latitude (roughly 5,850 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 Switzerland about 4,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Norte and Switzerland would cover 94,200 km², about the same size as Liberia.
• Together they have 12.4 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
• Counted as a country, Rio Grande do Norte would rank 128th by area and 136th by population.

Side by side

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

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