Santa Catarina is 1.03× the size of Oaxaca
Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) covers about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²) and Oaxaca (state of Mexico) about 92,200 km² (35,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 95,100km²Santa Catarina
- 92,200km²Oaxaca
100 km
- Santa Catarina
- Oaxaca
What fits
- Oaxaca is 97% of the size of Santa Catarina.
- Santa Catarina is larger by 2,940 km² (1,130 mi²), which is 3.2% of the area of Oaxaca.
- Measured in Belgiums: Santa Catarina is about 3.10, Oaxaca about 3.00.
How they differ
- Santa Catarina also has the larger population: 7.6 million against 4.0 million, 1.92× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 43 in Oaxaca: Santa Catarina is 1.86× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,980 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Santa Catarina at 27°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Oaxaca at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Santa Catarina as 1.19× the size of Oaxaca instead of 1.03×.
- Together Santa Catarina and Oaxaca cover 187,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,940 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
- At Oaxaca's density, Santa Catarina would have 4.1 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Santa Catarina's density, Oaxaca would have 7.4 million (it has 4.0 million).
- Oaxaca's centre is 44.2° of latitude, about 4,920 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.
- Oaxaca is the 5th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Oaxaca lies about 44° of latitude (roughly 4,920 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 Oaxaca about 23,230 m².
- Laid side by side, Santa Catarina and Oaxaca would cover 187,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
- Together they have 11.6 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.
Side by side
| Santa Catarina | Oaxaca | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 95,100 km²36,700 mi² | 92,200 km²35,600 mi² |
| Official area | 95,700 km²Wikidata | 93,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 27in Brazil | 5th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 7.6 millionWikidata, 2022 | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 27in Brazil | 10th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 80 per km² | 43 per km² |
| Capital | Florianópolis | Oaxaca de Juárez |
| Latitude range | 29°S to 26°S | 16°N to 19°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 93,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 92,200 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