Santa Catarina is 1.01× the size of Indiana
Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) covers about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²) and Indiana (state of the United States) about 94,300 km² (36,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 95,100km²Santa Catarina
- 94,300km²Indiana
100 km
- Santa Catarina
- Indiana
What fits
- Indiana is 99% of the size of Santa Catarina.
- Santa Catarina is larger by 765 km² (295 mi²), which is 0.8% of the area of Indiana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Santa Catarina is about 3.10, Indiana about 3.08.
How they differ
- Santa Catarina also has the larger population: 7.6 million against 6.8 million, 1.12× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 72 in Indiana: Santa Catarina is 1.11× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,340 km apart.
- On a standard web map Indiana looks larger than Santa Catarina: Santa Catarina at 27°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Indiana at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Indiana as 1.33× the size of Santa Catarina, when Santa Catarina is 1.01× the size of Indiana.
- Together Santa Catarina and Indiana cover 189,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
- At Indiana's density, Santa Catarina would have 6.8 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Santa Catarina's density, Indiana would have 7.5 million (it has 6.8 million).
- Indiana's centre is 67.2° of latitude, about 7,470 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.
- Indiana is the 38th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Indiana lies about 67° of latitude (roughly 7,470 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 Indiana about 13,900 m².
- Laid side by side, Santa Catarina and Indiana would cover 189,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
- Together they have 14.4 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
Side by side
| Santa Catarina | Indiana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 95,100 km²36,700 mi² | 94,300 km²36,400 mi² |
| Official area | 95,700 km²Wikidata | 94,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 27in Brazil | 38th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 7.6 millionWikidata, 2022 | 6.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 27in Brazil | 17th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 80 per km² | 72 per km² |
| Capital | Florianópolis | Indianapolis |
| Latitude range | 29°S to 26°S | 38°N to 42°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 94,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,300 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