Sweden is 1.64× the size of Rio Grande do Sul

What fits

• Rio Grande do Sul is 61% of the size of Sweden.
• Sweden is larger by 174,000 km² (67,100 mi²), which is 64% of the area of Rio Grande do Sul.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sweden is about 14.5, Rio Grande do Sul about 8.88.

How they differ

• Sweden is larger, but Rio Grande do Sul has the larger population: 10.9 million against 10.6 million, 1.03× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 40 in Rio Grande do Sul against 24 in Sweden: Rio Grande do Sul is 1.68× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,900 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sweden at 62°N is drawn about 4.7× too large and Rio Grande do Sul at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Sweden as 5.75× the size of Rio Grande do Sul instead of 1.64×.
• Together Sweden and Rio Grande do Sul cover 718,000 km², close to the size of Chile (736,000 km², 2.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 174,000 km², is about the size of Uruguay (177,000 km²).
• At Rio Grande do Sul's density, Sweden would have 17.8 million people (it has 10.6 million). At Sweden's density, Rio Grande do Sul would have 6.5 million (it has 10.9 million).
• Sweden's centre is 92.1° of latitude, about 10,240 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Sul's.
• Sweden ranks 59th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Rio Grande do Sul is the 10th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Sweden lies about 92° of latitude (roughly 10,200 km) north of Rio Grande do Sul, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sweden would have about 42,050 m² and each person in Rio Grande do Sul about 25,020 m².
• Laid side by side, Sweden and Rio Grande do Sul would cover 718,000 km², about the same size as Chile.
• Together they have 21.5 million people, about as many people as Niger.
• Counted as a country, Rio Grande do Sul would rank 75th by area and 86th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 447,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 446,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 272,000 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 282,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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