Santa Catarina is 1.30× the size of Chiapas
Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) covers about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²) and Chiapas (state of Mexico) about 73,400 km² (28,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 95,100km²Santa Catarina
- 73,400km²Chiapas
100 km
- Santa Catarina
- Chiapas
What fits
- Chiapas is 77% of the size of Santa Catarina.
- Santa Catarina is larger by 21,700 km² (8,380 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Chiapas.
- Measured in Belgiums: Santa Catarina is about 3.10, Chiapas about 2.39.
How they differ
- Santa Catarina also has the larger population: 7.6 million against 5.2 million, 1.46× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 71 in Chiapas: Santa Catarina is 1.13× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,640 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Santa Catarina at 27°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Chiapas at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Santa Catarina as 1.51× the size of Chiapas instead of 1.30×.
- Together Santa Catarina and Chiapas cover 168,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 21,700 km², is about the size of Djibouti (21,800 km²).
- At Chiapas's density, Santa Catarina would have 6.8 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Santa Catarina's density, Chiapas would have 5.9 million (it has 5.2 million).
- Chiapas's centre is 43.7° of latitude, about 4,860 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.
- Chiapas is the 9th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
- Chiapas lies about 44° of latitude (roughly 4,860 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 Chiapas about 14,060 m².
- Laid side by side, Santa Catarina and Chiapas would cover 168,000 km², 95% of the size of Uruguay.
- Together they have 12.8 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
Side by side
| Santa Catarina | Chiapas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 95,100 km²36,700 mi² | 73,400 km²28,300 mi² |
| Official area | 95,700 km²Wikidata | 73,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 27in Brazil | 9th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 7.6 millionWikidata, 2022 | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 27in Brazil | 7th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 80 per km² | 71 per km² |
| Capital | Florianópolis | Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
| Latitude range | 29°S to 26°S | 15°N to 18°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. 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 73,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,400 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