São Paulo is 1.03× the size of Uttar Pradesh

São Paulo (state of Brazil) covers about 249,000 km² (96,000 mi²) and Uttar Pradesh (state of India) about 240,000 km² (92,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

249,000km²São Paulo
240,000km²Uttar Pradesh

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São Paulo
Uttar Pradesh

What fits

Uttar Pradesh is 97% of the size of São Paulo.
São Paulo is larger by 8,380 km² (3,230 mi²), which is 3.5% of the area of Uttar Pradesh.
Measured in Belgiums: São Paulo is about 8.11, Uttar Pradesh about 7.83.

How they differ

São Paulo is larger, but Uttar Pradesh has the larger population: 246.3 million against 44.4 million, 5.55× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,025 in Uttar Pradesh against 179 in São Paulo: Uttar Pradesh is 5.74× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,900 km apart.
On a standard web map Uttar Pradesh looks larger than São Paulo: São Paulo at 22°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Uttar Pradesh at 27°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Uttar Pradesh as 1.04× the size of São Paulo, when São Paulo is 1.03× the size of Uttar Pradesh.
Together São Paulo and Uttar Pradesh cover 489,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 2.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 8,380 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Uttar Pradesh's density, São Paulo would have 254.9 million people (it has 44.4 million). At São Paulo's density, Uttar Pradesh would have 42.9 million (it has 246.3 million).
Uttar Pradesh's centre is 49.2° of latitude, about 5,470 km, farther north than São Paulo's.
São Paulo is the 12th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Uttar Pradesh is the 4th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 7.6% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Uttar Pradesh lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,470 km) north of São Paulo, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in São Paulo would have about 5,600 m² and each person in Uttar Pradesh about 980 m².
Laid side by side, São Paulo and Uttar Pradesh would cover 489,000 km², about the same size as Spain.
Together they have 290.7 million people, 1.06× as many people as Indonesia.

Side by side

	São Paulo	Uttar Pradesh
Is a	StateBrazil	StateIndia
Area, measured	249,000 km²96,000 mi²	240,000 km²92,800 mi²
Official area	248,000 km²Wikidata	243,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 27in Brazil	4th of 36in India
Population	44.4 millionWikidata, 2022	246.3 millionWikidata, 2025
Rank by population	1st of 27in Brazil	1st of 36in India
Density	179 per km²	1,025 per km²
Capital	São Paulo	Lucknow
Latitude range	25°S to 20°S	24°N to 30°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 248,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 249,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 243,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 240,000 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

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