Roraima is 3.12× the size of Baja California Sur

Roraima (state of Brazil) covers about 225,000 km² (86,800 mi²) and Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

225,000km²Roraima
72,100km²Baja California Sur

200 km

Roraima
Baja California Sur

What fits

Baja California Sur fits inside Roraima about 3.12 times by area.
Roraima is larger by 153,000 km² (58,900 mi²), which is 212% of the area of Baja California Sur.
Measured in Belgiums: Roraima is about 7.33, Baja California Sur about 2.35.

How they differ

Roraima is larger, but Baja California Sur has the larger population: 637,000 against 637,000, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 8.8 in Baja California Sur against 2.8 in Roraima: Baja California Sur is 3.12× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,020 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Roraima at 2°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Baja California Sur at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Roraima as 2.52× the size of Baja California Sur instead of 3.12×.
Together Roraima and Baja California Sur cover 297,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 153,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
At Baja California Sur's density, Roraima would have 2.0 million people (it has 637,000). At Roraima's density, Baja California Sur would have 204,000 (it has 637,000).
Baja California Sur's centre is 23.8° of latitude, about 2,650 km, farther north than Roraima's.
Roraima is the 14th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.7% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
Baja California Sur is the 11th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
Baja California Sur lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,650 km) north of Roraima.
Shared out evenly, each person in Roraima would have about 352,980 m² and each person in Baja California Sur about 113,220 m².
Laid side by side, Roraima and Baja California Sur would cover 297,000 km², about the same size as the Philippines.
Together they have 1.3 million people, about as many people as Mauritius.

Side by side

	Roraima	Baja California Sur
Is a	StateBrazil	StateMexico
Area, measured	225,000 km²86,800 mi²	72,100 km²27,800 mi²
Official area	224,000 km²Wikidata	73,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 27in Brazil	11th of 32in Mexico
Population	637,000Wikidata, 2022	637,000Wikidata, 2010
Rank by population	27th of 27in Brazil	32nd of 32in Mexico
Density	2.8 per km²	8.8 per km²
Capital	Boa Vista	La Paz
Latitude range	1°S to 5°N	23°N to 28°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2010. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 224,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 225,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 72,100 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 73,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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