Rio Grande do Sul is 1.01× the size of Colorado

What fits

• Colorado is 99% of the size of Rio Grande do Sul.
• Rio Grande do Sul is larger by 3,080 km² (1,190 mi²), which is 1.1% of the area of Colorado.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Sul is about 8.88, Colorado about 8.78.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Sul also has the larger population: 10.9 million against 5.8 million, 1.88× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 40 in Rio Grande do Sul against 21 in Colorado: Rio Grande do Sul is 1.86× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,360 km apart.
• On a standard web map Colorado looks larger than Rio Grande do Sul: Rio Grande do Sul at 30°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Colorado at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Colorado as 1.23× the size of Rio Grande do Sul, when Rio Grande do Sul is 1.01× the size of Colorado.
• Together Rio Grande do Sul and Colorado cover 541,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 3,080 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
• At Colorado's density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 5.8 million people (it has 10.9 million). At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Colorado would have 10.8 million (it has 5.8 million).
• Colorado's centre is 68.7° of latitude, about 7,640 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.
• Colorado is the 8th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.8% of its area; it is the 38th most densely populated of them.
• Colorado lies about 69° of latitude (roughly 7,640 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 Colorado about 46,630 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Sul and Colorado would cover 541,000 km², about the same size as France.
• Together they have 16.7 million people, about as many people as Senegal.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 270,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.

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