Sinaloa is 1.02× the size of Paraíba
Sinaloa (state of Mexico) covers about 57,700 km² (22,300 mi²) and Paraíba (state of Brazil) about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 57,700km²Sinaloa
- 56,500km²Paraíba
100 km
- Sinaloa
- Paraíba
What fits
- Paraíba is 98% of the size of Sinaloa.
- Sinaloa is larger by 1,200 km² (463 mi²), which is 2.1% of the area of Paraíba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sinaloa is about 1.88, Paraíba about 1.84.
How they differ
- Sinaloa is larger, but Paraíba has the larger population: 4.0 million against 3.0 million, 1.34× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 70 in Paraíba against 51 in Sinaloa: Paraíba is 1.37× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,430 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sinaloa at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Paraíba at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Sinaloa as 1.22× the size of Paraíba instead of 1.02×.
- Together Sinaloa and Paraíba cover 114,000 km², close to the size of Bulgaria (113,000 km², 1.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,200 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Paraíba's density, Sinaloa would have 4.1 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Sinaloa's density, Paraíba would have 2.9 million (it has 4.0 million).
- Sinaloa's centre is 32.1° of latitude, about 3,570 km, farther north than Paraíba's.
- Sinaloa is the 17th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Paraíba is the 21st largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Sinaloa lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,570 km) north of Paraíba, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sinaloa would have about 19,450 m² and each person in Paraíba about 14,220 m².
- Laid side by side, Sinaloa and Paraíba would cover 114,000 km², about the same size as Bulgaria.
- Together they have 6.9 million people, about as many people as Laos.
Side by side
| Sinaloa | Paraíba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 57,700 km²22,300 mi² | 56,500 km²21,800 mi² |
| Official area | 57,400 km²Wikidata | 56,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 32in Mexico | 21st of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2015 | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 15th of 32in Mexico | 13th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 51 per km² | 70 per km² |
| Capital | Culiacán | João Pessoa |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 27°N | 8°S to 6°S |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,700 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 km², to within 2%.
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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