Rio Grande do Sul is 1.79× the size of Georgia (United States)

Rio Grande do Sul (state of Brazil) covers about 272,000 km² (105,000 mi²) and Georgia (United States) (state of the United States) about 152,000 km² (58,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

272,000km²Rio Grande do Sul
152,000km²Georgia (United States)

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Rio Grande do Sul
Georgia (United States)

What fits

Georgia (United States) is 56% of the size of Rio Grande do Sul.
Rio Grande do Sul is larger by 120,000 km² (46,400 mi²), which is 79% of the area of Georgia (United States).
Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Sul is about 8.88, Georgia (United States) about 4.96.

How they differ

Rio Grande do Sul also has the larger population: 10.9 million against 10.7 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 70 in Georgia (United States) against 40 in Rio Grande do Sul: Georgia (United States) is 1.76× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,630 km apart.
Together Rio Grande do Sul and Georgia (United States) cover 424,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 3.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 120,000 km², is about the size of Malawi (119,000 km²).
At Georgia (United States)'s density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 19.2 million people (it has 10.9 million). At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Georgia (United States) would have 6.1 million (it has 10.7 million).
Georgia (United States)'s centre is 62.4° of latitude, about 6,940 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.
Georgia (United States) is the 23rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
Georgia (United States) lies about 62° of latitude (roughly 6,940 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 Georgia (United States) about 14,210 m².
Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Sul and Georgia (United States) would cover 424,000 km², about the same size as Iraq.
Together they have 21.6 million people, about as many people as Niger.

Side by side

	Rio Grande do Sul	Georgia (United States)
Is a	StateBrazil	StateUnited States
Area, measured	272,000 km²105,000 mi²	152,000 km²58,800 mi²
Official area	282,000 km²Wikidata	154,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 27in Brazil	23rd of 51in the United States
Population	10.9 millionWikidata, 2022	10.7 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	6th of 27in Brazil	8th of 51in the United States
Density	40 per km²	70 per km²
Capital	Porto Alegre	Atlanta
Latitude range	34°S to 27°S	30°N to 35°N

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 154,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 152,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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