Rio Grande do Sul is 3.46× the size of Czechia

What fits

• Czechia fits inside Rio Grande do Sul about 3.46 times by area.
• Rio Grande do Sul is larger by 194,000 km² (74,700 mi²), which is 246% of the area of Czechia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Sul is about 8.88, Czechia about 2.57.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Sul is larger, but Czechia has the larger population: 10.9 million against 10.9 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 139 in Czechia against 40 in Rio Grande do Sul: Czechia is 3.47× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Rio Grande do Sul at 30°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Czechia at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Rio Grande do Sul as 1.91× the size of Czechia instead of 3.46×.
• Together Rio Grande do Sul and Czechia cover 351,000 km², close to the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 194,000 km², is about the size of Senegal (196,000 km²).
• At Czechia's density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 37.7 million people (it has 10.9 million). At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Czechia would have 3.1 million (it has 10.9 million).
• Czechia's centre is 79.5° of latitude, about 8,840 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.
• Czechia ranks 117th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Czechia lies about 79° of latitude (roughly 8,840 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 Czechia about 7,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Sul and Czechia would cover 351,000 km², about the same size as the Republic of the Congo.
• Together they have 21.8 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 2025. 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 78,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 78,800 km², to within 2%.

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