Sergipe is 1.02× the size of Massachusetts
Sergipe (state of Brazil) covers about 21,600 km² (8,340 mi²) and Massachusetts (state of the United States) about 21,200 km² (8,170 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 21,600km²Sergipe
- 21,200km²Massachusetts
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- Sergipe
- Massachusetts
What fits
- Massachusetts is 98% of the size of Sergipe.
- Sergipe is larger by 445 km² (172 mi²), which is 2.1% of the area of Massachusetts.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sergipe is about 0.70, Massachusetts about 0.69.
How they differ
- Sergipe is larger, but Massachusetts has the larger population: 7.0 million against 2.2 million, 3.18× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 332 in Massachusetts against 102 in Sergipe: Massachusetts is 3.25× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,840 km apart.
- On a standard web map Massachusetts looks larger than Sergipe: Sergipe at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Massachusetts at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Massachusetts as 1.73× the size of Sergipe, when Sergipe is 1.02× the size of Massachusetts.
- Together Sergipe and Massachusetts cover 42,800 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 0.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 445 km², is about the size of Barbados (444 km²).
- At Massachusetts's density, Sergipe would have 7.2 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Sergipe's density, Massachusetts would have 2.2 million (it has 7.0 million).
- Massachusetts's centre is 52.8° of latitude, about 5,880 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.
- Massachusetts is the 45th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Massachusetts lies about 53° of latitude (roughly 5,880 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 Massachusetts about 3,010 m².
- Laid side by side, Sergipe and Massachusetts would cover 42,800 km², about the same size as Denmark.
- Together they have 9.2 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.
Side by side
| Sergipe | Massachusetts | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 21,600 km²8,340 mi² | 21,200 km²8,170 mi² |
| Official area | 22,100 km²Wikidata | 27,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 27in Brazil | 45th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 2.2 millionWikidata, 2022 | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 22nd of 27in Brazil | 15th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 102 per km² | 332 per km² |
| Capital | Aracaju | Boston |
| Latitude range | 12°S to 10°S | 41°N to 43°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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.
- Our measured 21,200 km² is 23% below Wikidata's official figure of 27,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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