Rio Grande do Sul is 1.10× the size of Chihuahua

What fits

• Chihuahua is 91% of the size of Rio Grande do Sul.
• Rio Grande do Sul is larger by 24,300 km² (9,380 mi²), which is 9.8% of the area of Chihuahua.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Sul is about 8.88, Chihuahua about 8.09.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Sul also has the larger population: 10.9 million against 3.6 million, 3.06× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 40 in Rio Grande do Sul against 14 in Chihuahua: Rio Grande do Sul is 2.79× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,610 km apart.
• Together Rio Grande do Sul and Chihuahua cover 520,000 km², close to the size of Thailand (514,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 24,300 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
• At Chihuahua's density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 3.9 million people (it has 10.9 million). At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Chihuahua would have 9.9 million (it has 3.6 million).
• Chihuahua's centre is 58.5° of latitude, about 6,510 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Sul's.
• Rio Grande do Sul is the 10th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Chihuahua is the largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 13% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
• Chihuahua lies about 59° of latitude (roughly 6,510 km) north of Rio Grande do Sul, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Rio Grande do Sul would have about 25,020 m² and each person in Chihuahua about 69,720 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Sul and Chihuahua would cover 520,000 km², about the same size as Thailand.
• Together they have 14.4 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 272,000 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 282,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 248,000 km², to within 2%.

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