Santa Catarina and Castile and León are almost exactly the same size

Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) covers about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²) and Castile and León (autonomous community of Spain) about 94,800 km² (36,600 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.

95,100km²Santa Catarina
94,800km²Castile and León

100 km

Santa Catarina
Castile and León

What fits

Castile and León is 100% of the size of Santa Catarina.
The measured areas differ by 315 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: Santa Catarina is about 3.10, Castile and León about 3.09.

How they differ

Santa Catarina also has the larger population: 7.6 million against 2.4 million, 3.19× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 25 in Castile and León: Santa Catarina is 3.18× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,990 km apart.
On a standard web map Castile and León looks larger than Santa Catarina: Santa Catarina at 27°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Castile and León at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Castile and León as 1.42× the size of Santa Catarina, when Santa Catarina is 1.00× the size of Castile and León.
Together Santa Catarina and Castile and León cover 190,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 2.1% smaller).
At Castile and León's density, Santa Catarina would have 2.4 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Santa Catarina's density, Castile and León would have 7.6 million (it has 2.4 million).
Castile and León's centre is 69.0° of latitude, about 7,670 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.
Castile and León is the largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 19% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
Castile and León lies about 69° of latitude (roughly 7,670 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 Castile and León about 39,690 m².
Laid side by side, Santa Catarina and Castile and León would cover 190,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
Together they have 10.0 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.

Side by side

	Santa Catarina	Castile and León
Is a	StateBrazil	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	95,100 km²36,700 mi²	94,800 km²36,600 mi²
Official area	95,700 km²Wikidata	94,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	20th of 27in Brazil	1st of 19in Spain
Population	7.6 millionWikidata, 2022	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	10th of 27in Brazil	6th of 19in Spain
Density	80 per km²	25 per km²
Capital	Florianópolis	–
Latitude range	29°S to 26°S	40°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 95,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 95,100 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,800 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Castile and León is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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