Sergipe is 1.91× the size of Murcia

What fits

• Murcia is 52% of the size of Sergipe.
• Sergipe is larger by 10,300 km² (3,980 mi²), which is 91% of the area of Murcia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sergipe is about 0.70, Murcia about 0.37.

How they differ

• Sergipe also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 1.6 million, 1.41× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 139 in Murcia against 102 in Sergipe: Murcia is 1.36× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,570 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sergipe at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Murcia at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Sergipe as 1.23× the size of Murcia instead of 1.91×.
• Together Sergipe and Murcia cover 32,900 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 0.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 10,300 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
• At Murcia's density, Sergipe would have 3.0 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Sergipe's density, Murcia would have 1.2 million (it has 1.6 million).
• Murcia's centre is 48.6° of latitude, about 5,400 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.
• Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Murcia lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,400 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 Murcia about 7,190 m².
• Laid side by side, Sergipe and Murcia would cover 32,900 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
• Together they have 3.8 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.

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