Santa Catarina is 1.19× the size of South Carolina

Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) covers about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²) and South Carolina (state of the United States) about 80,200 km² (31,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

95,100km²Santa Catarina
80,200km²South Carolina

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Santa Catarina
South Carolina

What fits

South Carolina is 84% of the size of Santa Catarina.
Santa Catarina is larger by 14,900 km² (5,770 mi²), which is 19% of the area of South Carolina.
Measured in Belgiums: Santa Catarina is about 3.10, South Carolina about 2.61.

How they differ

Santa Catarina also has the larger population: 7.6 million against 5.1 million, 1.49× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 64 in South Carolina: Santa Catarina is 1.25× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,520 km apart.
Together Santa Catarina and South Carolina cover 175,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 14,900 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At South Carolina's density, Santa Catarina would have 6.1 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Santa Catarina's density, South Carolina would have 6.4 million (it has 5.1 million).
South Carolina's centre is 61.2° of latitude, about 6,800 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.
South Carolina is the 40th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
South Carolina lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,800 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 South Carolina about 15,660 m².
Laid side by side, Santa Catarina and South Carolina would cover 175,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
Together they have 12.7 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.

Side by side

	Santa Catarina	South Carolina
Is a	StateBrazil	StateUnited States
Area, measured	95,100 km²36,700 mi²	80,200 km²31,000 mi²
Official area	95,700 km²Wikidata	82,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	20th of 27in Brazil	40th of 51in the United States
Population	7.6 millionWikidata, 2022	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	10th of 27in Brazil	23rd of 51in the United States
Density	80 per km²	64 per km²
Capital	Florianópolis	Columbia
Latitude range	29°S to 26°S	32°N to 35°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 80,200 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 82,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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

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