Tocantins is 1.12× the size of Chihuahua
Tocantins (state of Brazil) covers about 279,000 km² (108,000 mi²) and Chihuahua (state of Mexico) about 248,000 km² (95,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 279,000km²Tocantins
- 248,000km²Chihuahua
100 km
- Tocantins
- Chihuahua
What fits
- Chihuahua is 89% of the size of Tocantins.
- Tocantins is larger by 31,000 km² (12,000 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Chihuahua.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tocantins is about 9.10, Chihuahua about 8.09.
How they differ
- Tocantins is larger, but Chihuahua has the larger population: 3.6 million against 1.5 million, 2.35× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 14 in Chihuahua against 5.4 in Tocantins: Chihuahua is 2.65× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,590 km apart.
- On a standard web map Chihuahua looks larger than Tocantins: Tocantins at 10°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Chihuahua at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Chihuahua as 1.12× the size of Tocantins, when Tocantins is 1.12× the size of Chihuahua.
- Together Tocantins and Chihuahua cover 527,000 km², close to the size of Thailand (514,000 km², 2.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 31,000 km², is about the size of Belgium (30,700 km²).
- At Chihuahua's density, Tocantins would have 4.0 million people (it has 1.5 million). At Tocantins's density, Chihuahua would have 1.3 million (it has 3.6 million).
- Chihuahua's centre is 38.9° of latitude, about 4,330 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.
- Chihuahua is the largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 13% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
- Chihuahua lies about 39° of latitude (roughly 4,330 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 Chihuahua about 69,720 m².
- Laid side by side, Tocantins and Chihuahua would cover 527,000 km², about the same size as Thailand.
- Together they have 5.1 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.
Side by side
| Tocantins | Chihuahua | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 279,000 km²108,000 mi² | 248,000 km²95,700 mi² |
| Official area | 278,000 km²Wikidata | 247,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 27in Brazil | 1st of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 1.5 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.6 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 24th of 27in Brazil | 11th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 5.4 per km² | 14 per km² |
| Capital | Palmas | Chihuahua City |
| Latitude range | 13°S to 5°S | 26°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. 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 247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 248,000 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