Santa Catarina is 1.18× the size of Arunachal Pradesh

Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) covers about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²) and Arunachal Pradesh (state of India) about 80,600 km² (31,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

95,100km²Santa Catarina
80,600km²Arunachal Pradesh

100 km

Santa Catarina
Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with China. Size Versus draws Natural Earth's de facto outline, the boundary as it is held on the ground, and takes no position on it.

What fits

Arunachal Pradesh is 85% of the size of Santa Catarina.
Santa Catarina is larger by 14,500 km² (5,600 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Arunachal Pradesh.
Measured in Belgiums: Santa Catarina is about 3.10, Arunachal Pradesh about 2.63.

How they differ

Santa Catarina also has the larger population: 7.6 million against 1.4 million, 5.50× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 17 in Arunachal Pradesh: Santa Catarina is 4.66× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,600 km apart.
Together Santa Catarina and Arunachal Pradesh cover 176,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 14,500 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Arunachal Pradesh's density, Santa Catarina would have 1.6 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Santa Catarina's density, Arunachal Pradesh would have 6.4 million (it has 1.4 million).
Arunachal Pradesh's centre is 55.3° of latitude, about 6,150 km, farther north than Santa Catarina's.
Santa Catarina is the 20th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Arunachal Pradesh is the 14th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 35th most densely populated of them.
Arunachal Pradesh lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,150 km) north of Santa Catarina, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Santa Catarina would have about 12,500 m² and each person in Arunachal Pradesh about 58,290 m².
Laid side by side, Santa Catarina and Arunachal Pradesh would cover 176,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
Together they have 9.0 million people, about as many people as Austria.

Side by side

	Santa Catarina	Arunachal Pradesh
Is a	StateBrazil	StateIndia
Area, measured	95,100 km²36,700 mi²	80,600 km²31,100 mi²
Official area	95,700 km²Wikidata	83,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	20th of 27in Brazil	14th of 36in India
Population	7.6 millionWikidata, 2022	1.4 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	10th of 27in Brazil	29th of 36in India
Density	80 per km²	17 per km²
Capital	Florianópolis	Itanagar
Latitude range	29°S to 26°S	27°N to 29°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 95,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 95,100 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 80,600 km² is 3.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 83,700 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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