Santa Catarina is 1.13× the size of Maine
Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) covers about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²) and Maine (state of the United States) about 84,300 km² (32,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 95,100km²Santa Catarina
- 84,300km²Maine
100 km
- Santa Catarina
- Maine
What fits
- Maine is 89% of the size of Santa Catarina.
- Santa Catarina is larger by 10,800 km² (4,180 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Maine.
- Measured in Belgiums: Santa Catarina is about 3.10, Maine about 2.75.
How they differ
- Santa Catarina also has the larger population: 7.6 million against 1.4 million, 5.59× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 16 in Maine: Santa Catarina is 4.95× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,300 km apart.
- On a standard web map Maine looks larger than Santa Catarina: Santa Catarina at 27°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Maine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Maine as 1.42× the size of Santa Catarina, when Santa Catarina is 1.13× the size of Maine.
- Together Santa Catarina and Maine cover 179,000 km², close to the size of Cambodia (181,000 km², 1.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 10,800 km², is about the size of Kosovo (10,900 km²).
- At Maine's density, Santa Catarina would have 1.5 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Santa Catarina's density, Maine would have 6.7 million (it has 1.4 million).
- Maine's centre is 72.6° of latitude, about 8,080 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.
- Maine is the 39th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
- Maine lies about 73° of latitude (roughly 8,080 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 Maine about 61,850 m².
- Laid side by side, Santa Catarina and Maine would cover 179,000 km², about the same size as Cambodia.
- Together they have 9.0 million people, about as many people as Austria.
Side by side
| Santa Catarina | Maine | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 95,100 km²36,700 mi² | 84,300 km²32,500 mi² |
| Official area | 95,700 km²Wikidata | 91,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 27in Brazil | 39th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 7.6 millionWikidata, 2022 | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 27in Brazil | 42nd of 51in the United States |
| Density | 80 per km² | 16 per km² |
| Capital | Florianópolis | Augusta |
| Latitude range | 29°S to 26°S | 43°N to 47°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%.
- Our measured 84,300 km² is 8.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 91,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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