Tocantins is 18.5× the size of East Timor
Tocantins (state of Brazil) covers about 279,000 km² (108,000 mi²) and East Timor (Asia) about 15,100 km² (5,820 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 279,000km²Tocantins
- 15,100km²East Timor
100 km
- Tocantins
- East Timor
What fits
- East Timor fits inside Tocantins about 18.5 times by area.
- Tocantins is larger by 264,000 km² (102,000 mi²), which is 1,750% of the area of East Timor.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tocantins is about 9.10, East Timor about 0.49.
How they differ
- Tocantins also has the larger population: 1.5 million against 1.4 million, 1.08× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 93 in East Timor against 5.4 in Tocantins: East Timor is 17.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 17,800 km apart.
- Together Tocantins and East Timor cover 294,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 264,000 km², is about the size of Gabon (260,000 km²).
- At East Timor's density, Tocantins would have 25.9 million people (it has 1.5 million). At Tocantins's density, East Timor would have 82,000 (it has 1.4 million).
- East Timor's centre is 1.3° of latitude, about 150 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.
- East Timor ranks 160th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 10°S and 9°S.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tocantins would have about 184,570 m² and each person in East Timor about 10,770 m².
- Laid side by side, Tocantins and East Timor would cover 294,000 km², about the same size as the Philippines.
- Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Armenia.
- Counted as a country, Tocantins would rank 74th by area and 155th by population.
Side by side
| Tocantins | East Timor | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 279,000 km²108,000 mi² | 15,100 km²5,820 mi² |
| Official area | 278,000 km²Wikidata | 14,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 27in Brazil | 159th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.5 millionWikidata, 2022 | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 24th of 27in Brazil | 155th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 5.4 per km² | 93 per km² |
| Capital | Palmas | Dili |
| Latitude range | 13°S to 5°S | 10°S to 8°S |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 14,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 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