Senegal is 4.46× the size of Rio de Janeiro
Senegal (Africa) covers about 196,000 km² (75,800 mi²) and Rio de Janeiro (state of Brazil) about 44,000 km² (17,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 196,000km²Senegal
- 44,000km²Rio de Janeiro
200 km
- Senegal
- Rio de Janeiro
What fits
- Rio de Janeiro fits inside Senegal about 4.46 times by area.
- Senegal is larger by 152,000 km² (58,800 mi²), which is 346% of the area of Rio de Janeiro.
- Measured in Belgiums: Senegal is about 6.40, Rio de Janeiro about 1.43.
How they differ
- Senegal also has the larger population: 16.9 million against 16.1 million, 1.05× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 365 in Rio de Janeiro against 86 in Senegal: Rio de Janeiro is 4.24× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,100 km apart.
- Together Senegal and Rio de Janeiro cover 240,000 km², close to the size of Ghana (239,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 152,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
- At Rio de Janeiro's density, Senegal would have 71.6 million people (it has 16.9 million). At Senegal's density, Rio de Janeiro would have 3.8 million (it has 16.1 million).
- Senegal's centre is 36.6° of latitude, about 4,070 km, farther north than Rio de Janeiro's.
- Senegal ranks 88th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Rio de Janeiro is the 24th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Senegal lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,070 km) north of Rio de Janeiro, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Senegal would have about 11,630 m² and each person in Rio de Janeiro about 2,740 m².
- Laid side by side, Senegal and Rio de Janeiro would cover 240,000 km², about the same size as Ghana.
- Together they have 32.9 million people, about as many people as Saudi Arabia.
- Counted as a country, Rio de Janeiro would rank 133rd by area and 74th by population.
Side by side
| Senegal | Rio de Janeiro | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 196,000 km²75,800 mi² | 44,000 km²17,000 mi² |
| Official area | 197,000 km²Wikidata | 43,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 87th of 239worldwide | 24th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 16.9 millionWikidata, 2021 | 16.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 73rd of 237worldwide | 3rd of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 86 per km² | 365 per km² |
| Capital | Dakar | Rio de Janeiro |
| Latitude range | 12°N to 17°N | 23°S to 21°S |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 197,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 196,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 43,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 44,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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