Saskatchewan is 1.11× the size of Minas Gerais

What fits

• Minas Gerais is 90% of the size of Saskatchewan.
• Saskatchewan is larger by 64,500 km² (24,900 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Minas Gerais.
• Measured in Belgiums: Saskatchewan is about 21.2, Minas Gerais about 19.1.

How they differ

• Saskatchewan is larger, but Minas Gerais has the larger population: 20.5 million against 1.1 million, 18.1× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 35 in Minas Gerais against 1.7 in Saskatchewan: Minas Gerais is 20.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,940 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saskatchewan at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Minas Gerais at 18°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Saskatchewan as 2.92× the size of Minas Gerais instead of 1.11×.
• Together Saskatchewan and Minas Gerais cover 1,237,000 km², close to the size of Angola (1,245,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 64,500 km², is about the size of Latvia (64,600 km²).
• At Minas Gerais's density, Saskatchewan would have 22.8 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Saskatchewan's density, Minas Gerais would have 1.0 million (it has 20.5 million).
• Saskatchewan's centre is 72.6° of latitude, about 8,080 km, farther north than Minas Gerais's.
• Saskatchewan is the 8th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Minas Gerais is the 4th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 6.9% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
• Saskatchewan lies about 73° of latitude (roughly 8,080 km) north of Minas Gerais, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Saskatchewan would have about 574,720 m² and each person in Minas Gerais about 28,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Saskatchewan and Minas Gerais would cover 1,237,000 km², about the same size as Angola.
• Together they have 21.7 million people, about as many people as Niger.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 652,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 651,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 587,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 586,000 km², to within 2%.

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