Tocantins is 1.02× the size of Burkina Faso
Tocantins (state of Brazil) covers about 279,000 km² (108,000 mi²) and Burkina Faso (Africa) about 273,000 km² (105,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 279,000km²Tocantins
- 273,000km²Burkina Faso
200 km
- Tocantins
- Burkina Faso
What fits
- Burkina Faso is 98% of the size of Tocantins.
- Tocantins is larger by 6,200 km² (2,400 mi²), which is 2.3% of the area of Burkina Faso.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tocantins is about 9.10, Burkina Faso about 8.89.
How they differ
- Tocantins is larger, but Burkina Faso has the larger population: 23.0 million against 1.5 million, 15.2× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 84 in Burkina Faso against 5.4 in Tocantins: Burkina Faso is 15.6× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,710 km apart.
- Together Tocantins and Burkina Faso cover 552,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 6,200 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Burkina Faso's density, Tocantins would have 23.5 million people (it has 1.5 million). At Tocantins's density, Burkina Faso would have 1.5 million (it has 23.0 million).
- Burkina Faso's centre is 22.4° of latitude, about 2,490 km, farther north than Tocantins's.
- Tocantins is the 9th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
- Burkina Faso ranks 75th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Burkina Faso lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,490 km) north of Tocantins, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tocantins would have about 184,570 m² and each person in Burkina Faso about 11,850 m².
- Laid side by side, Tocantins and Burkina Faso would cover 552,000 km², about the same size as France.
- Together they have 24.5 million people, about as many people as Syria.
- Counted as a country, Tocantins would rank 74th by area and 155th by population.
Side by side
| Tocantins | Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 279,000 km²108,000 mi² | 273,000 km²105,000 mi² |
| Official area | 278,000 km²Wikidata | 274,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 27in Brazil | 74th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.5 millionWikidata, 2022 | 23.0 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 24th of 27in Brazil | 58th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 5.4 per km² | 84 per km² |
| Capital | Palmas | Ouagadougou |
| Latitude range | 13°S to 5°S | 9°N to 15°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 278,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 279,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 274,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 273,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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