Santa Catarina is 1.27× the size of Zacatecas
Santa Catarina (state of Brazil) covers about 95,100 km² (36,700 mi²) and Zacatecas (state of Mexico) about 74,700 km² (28,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 95,100km²Santa Catarina
- 74,700km²Zacatecas
100 km
- Santa Catarina
- Zacatecas
What fits
- Zacatecas is 79% of the size of Santa Catarina.
- Santa Catarina is larger by 20,400 km² (7,870 mi²), which is 27% of the area of Zacatecas.
- Measured in Belgiums: Santa Catarina is about 3.10, Zacatecas about 2.44.
How they differ
- Santa Catarina also has the larger population: 7.6 million against 1.7 million, 4.50× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 23 in Zacatecas: Santa Catarina is 3.54× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,940 km apart.
- Together Santa Catarina and Zacatecas cover 170,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 20,400 km², is about the size of Slovenia (20,300 km²).
- At Zacatecas's density, Santa Catarina would have 2.2 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Santa Catarina's density, Zacatecas would have 6.0 million (it has 1.7 million).
- Zacatecas's centre is 50.6° of latitude, about 5,620 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.
- Zacatecas is the 8th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.8% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
- Zacatecas lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,620 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 Zacatecas about 44,190 m².
- Laid side by side, Santa Catarina and Zacatecas would cover 170,000 km², 96% of the size of Uruguay.
- Together they have 9.3 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.
Side by side
| Santa Catarina | Zacatecas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 95,100 km²36,700 mi² | 74,700 km²28,900 mi² |
| Official area | 95,700 km²Wikidata | 75,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 27in Brazil | 8th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 7.6 millionWikidata, 2022 | 1.7 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 27in Brazil | 26th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 80 per km² | 23 per km² |
| Capital | Florianópolis | Zacatecas |
| Latitude range | 29°S to 26°S | 21°N to 25°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 75,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 74,700 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