South Australia is 1.09× the size of Mato Grosso

What fits

• Mato Grosso is 92% of the size of South Australia.
• South Australia is larger by 80,700 km² (31,200 mi²), which is 8.9% of the area of Mato Grosso.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Australia is about 32.1, Mato Grosso about 29.4.

How they differ

• South Australia is larger, but Mato Grosso has the larger population: 3.7 million against 1.9 million, 1.93× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 4.1 in Mato Grosso against 1.9 in South Australia: Mato Grosso is 2.11× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Australia at 30°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Mato Grosso at 13°S about 1.1×, so the map shows South Australia as 1.38× the size of Mato Grosso instead of 1.09×.
• Together South Australia and Mato Grosso cover 1,887,000 km², close to the size of Indonesia (1,880,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 80,700 km², is about the size of Czechia (78,800 km²).
• At Mato Grosso's density, South Australia would have 4.0 million people (it has 1.9 million). At South Australia's density, Mato Grosso would have 1.7 million (it has 3.7 million).
• Mato Grosso's centre is 17.1° of latitude, about 1,900 km, farther north than South Australia's.
• South Australia is the 4th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 13% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Mato Grosso is the 3rd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 11% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
• Mato Grosso lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,900 km) north of South Australia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Australia would have about 520,100 m² and each person in Mato Grosso about 246,870 m².
• Laid side by side, South Australia and Mato Grosso would cover 1,887,000 km², about the same size as Indonesia.
• Together they have 5.6 million people, about as many people as Norway.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 984,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 984,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 903,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 903,000 km², to within 2%.

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