Santa Catarina is 1.19× the size of Tamaulipas
Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) covers about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²) and Tamaulipas (state of Mexico) about 79,600 km² (30,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 95,100km²Santa Catarina
- 79,600km²Tamaulipas
100 km
- Santa Catarina
- Tamaulipas
What fits
- Tamaulipas is 84% of the size of Santa Catarina.
- Santa Catarina is larger by 15,500 km² (5,990 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Tamaulipas.
- Measured in Belgiums: Santa Catarina is about 3.10, Tamaulipas about 2.59.
How they differ
- Santa Catarina also has the larger population: 7.6 million against 3.4 million, 2.21× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 43 in Tamaulipas: Santa Catarina is 1.85× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,710 km apart.
- Together Santa Catarina and Tamaulipas cover 175,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 15,500 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
- At Tamaulipas's density, Santa Catarina would have 4.1 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Santa Catarina's density, Tamaulipas would have 6.4 million (it has 3.4 million).
- Tamaulipas's centre is 51.5° of latitude, about 5,730 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.
- Tamaulipas is the 7th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
- Tamaulipas lies about 52° of latitude (roughly 5,730 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 Tamaulipas about 23,120 m².
- Laid side by side, Santa Catarina and Tamaulipas would cover 175,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
- Together they have 11.1 million people, about as many people as Somalia.
Side by side
| Santa Catarina | Tamaulipas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 95,100 km²36,700 mi² | 79,600 km²30,700 mi² |
| Official area | 95,700 km²Wikidata | 80,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 27in Brazil | 7th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 7.6 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 27in Brazil | 13th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 80 per km² | 43 per km² |
| Capital | Florianópolis | Ciudad Victoria |
| Latitude range | 29°S to 26°S | 22°N to 28°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 80,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,600 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