Santa Catarina is 2.30× the size of Switzerland
Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) covers about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²) and Switzerland (Europe) about 41,400 km² (16,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 95,100km²Santa Catarina
- 41,400km²Switzerland
100 km
- Santa Catarina
- Switzerland
What fits
- Switzerland fits inside Santa Catarina about 2.30 times by area.
- Santa Catarina is larger by 53,700 km² (20,700 mi²), which is 130% of the area of Switzerland.
- Measured in Belgiums: Santa Catarina is about 3.10, Switzerland about 1.35.
How they differ
- Santa Catarina is larger, but Switzerland has the larger population: 9.1 million against 7.6 million, 1.20× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 220 in Switzerland against 80 in Santa Catarina: Switzerland is 2.75× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,100 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Santa Catarina at 27°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Switzerland at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Santa Catarina as 1.36× the size of Switzerland instead of 2.30×.
- Together Santa Catarina and Switzerland cover 137,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 53,700 km², is about the size of Croatia (55,000 km²).
- At Switzerland's density, Santa Catarina would have 20.9 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Santa Catarina's density, Switzerland would have 3.3 million (it has 9.1 million).
- Switzerland's centre is 74.0° of latitude, about 8,230 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.
- Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Switzerland lies about 74° of latitude (roughly 8,230 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 Switzerland about 4,550 m².
- Laid side by side, Santa Catarina and Switzerland would cover 137,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
- Together they have 16.7 million people, about as many people as Senegal.
- Counted as a country, Santa Catarina would rank 110th by area and 102nd by population.
Side by side
| Santa Catarina | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 95,100 km²36,700 mi² | 41,400 km²16,000 mi² |
| Official area | 95,700 km²Wikidata | 41,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 27in Brazil | 134th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 7.6 millionWikidata, 2022 | 9.1 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 27in Brazil | 96th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 80 per km² | 220 per km² |
| Capital | Florianópolis | Bern |
| Latitude range | 29°S to 26°S | 46°N to 48°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025. 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 41,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 41,400 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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