São Paulo is 1.09× the size of Victoria
São Paulo (state of Brazil) covers about 249,000 km² (96,000 mi²) and Victoria (state of Australia) about 228,000 km² (88,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 249,000km²São Paulo
- 228,000km²Victoria
200 km
- São Paulo
- Victoria
What fits
- Victoria is 92% of the size of São Paulo.
- São Paulo is larger by 20,700 km² (7,990 mi²), which is 9.1% of the area of Victoria.
- Measured in Belgiums: São Paulo is about 8.11, Victoria about 7.43.
How they differ
- São Paulo also has the larger population: 44.4 million against 7.0 million, 6.33× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 179 in São Paulo against 31 in Victoria: São Paulo is 5.81× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,300 km apart.
- On a standard web map Victoria looks larger than São Paulo: São Paulo at 22°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Victoria at 37°S about 1.6×, so the map shows Victoria as 1.23× the size of São Paulo, when São Paulo is 1.09× the size of Victoria.
- Together São Paulo and Victoria cover 477,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 20,700 km², is about the size of El Salvador (20,500 km²).
- At Victoria's density, São Paulo would have 7.6 million people (it has 44.4 million). At São Paulo's density, Victoria would have 40.7 million (it has 7.0 million).
- São Paulo's centre is 14.6° of latitude, about 1,620 km, farther north than Victoria'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.
- Victoria is the 6th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- São Paulo lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,620 km) north of Victoria.
- Shared out evenly, each person in São Paulo would have about 5,600 m² and each person in Victoria about 32,510 m².
- Laid side by side, São Paulo and Victoria would cover 477,000 km², about the same size as Somalia.
- Together they have 51.4 million people, about as many people as South Korea.
Side by side
| São Paulo | Victoria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateAustralia |
| Area, measured | 249,000 km²96,000 mi² | 228,000 km²88,000 mi² |
| Official area | 248,000 km²Wikidata | 227,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 12th of 27in Brazil | 6th of 8in Australia |
| Population | 44.4 millionWikidata, 2022 | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 27in Brazil | 2nd of 8in Australia |
| Density | 179 per km² | 31 per km² |
| Capital | São Paulo | Melbourne |
| Latitude range | 25°S to 20°S | 39°S to 34°S |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 227,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 228,000 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