Rio Grande do Sul is 2.48× the size of Cuba

What fits

• Cuba fits inside Rio Grande do Sul about 2.48 times by area.
• Rio Grande do Sul is larger by 162,000 km² (62,700 mi²), which is 148% of the area of Cuba.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Sul is about 8.88, Cuba about 3.58.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Sul is larger, but Cuba has the larger population: 11.0 million against 10.9 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 100 in Cuba against 40 in Rio Grande do Sul: Cuba is 2.50× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,340 km apart.
• Together Rio Grande do Sul and Cuba cover 382,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 162,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
• At Cuba's density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 27.2 million people (it has 10.9 million). At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Cuba would have 4.4 million (it has 11.0 million).
• Cuba's centre is 51.4° of latitude, about 5,710 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.
• Cuba ranks 106th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Cuba lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,710 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 Cuba about 10,010 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Sul and Cuba would cover 382,000 km², about the same size as Norway.
• Together they have 21.9 million people, about as many people as Niger.
• Counted as a country, Rio Grande do Sul would rank 75th by area and 86th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2023. 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 110,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 110,000 km², to within 2%.

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