Sergipe is 1.78× the size of Île-de-France

Sergipe (state of Brazil) covers about 21,600 km² (8,340 mi²) and Île-de-France (region of France) about 12,100 km² (4,670 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

21,600km²Sergipe
12,100km²Île-de-France

50 km

Sergipe
Île-de-France

What fits

Île-de-France is 56% of the size of Sergipe.
Sergipe is larger by 9,500 km² (3,670 mi²), which is 78% of the area of Île-de-France.
Measured in Belgiums: Sergipe is about 0.70, Île-de-France about 0.39.

How they differ

Sergipe is larger, but Île-de-France has the larger population: 12.4 million against 2.2 million, 5.60× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,023 in Île-de-France against 102 in Sergipe: Île-de-France is 10.00× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,670 km apart.
On a standard web map Île-de-France looks larger than Sergipe: Sergipe at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Île-de-France at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Île-de-France as 1.24× the size of Sergipe, when Sergipe is 1.78× the size of Île-de-France.
Together Sergipe and Île-de-France cover 33,700 km², close to the size of Moldova (33,200 km², 1.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 9,500 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Île-de-France's density, Sergipe would have 22.1 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Sergipe's density, Île-de-France would have 1.2 million (it has 12.4 million).
Île-de-France's centre is 59.3° of latitude, about 6,590 km, farther north than Sergipe's.
Sergipe is the 26th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Île-de-France is the 13th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Île-de-France lies about 59° of latitude (roughly 6,590 km) north of Sergipe, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Sergipe would have about 9,780 m² and each person in Île-de-France about 980 m².
Laid side by side, Sergipe and Île-de-France would cover 33,700 km², about the same size as Moldova.
Together they have 14.6 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.

Side by side

	Sergipe	Île-de-France
Is a	StateBrazil	RegionFrance
Area, measured	21,600 km²8,340 mi²	12,100 km²4,670 mi²
Official area	22,100 km²Wikidata	12,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	26th of 27in Brazil	13th of 18in France
Population	2.2 millionWikidata, 2022	12.4 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	22nd of 27in Brazil	1st of 18in France
Density	102 per km²	1,023 per km²
Capital	Aracaju	Paris
Latitude range	12°S to 10°S	48°N to 49°N

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

Our measured 21,600 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 12,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,100 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Île-de-France is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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