Tocantins is 1.04× the size of New Zealand

Tocantins (state of Brazil) covers about 279,000 km² (108,000 mi²) and New Zealand (Oceania) about 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

279,000km²Tocantins
268,000km²New Zealand

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Tocantins
New Zealand

What fits

New Zealand is 96% of the size of Tocantins.
Tocantins is larger by 10,500 km² (4,040 mi²), which is 3.9% of the area of New Zealand.
Measured in Belgiums: Tocantins is about 9.10, New Zealand about 8.75.

How they differ

Tocantins is larger, but New Zealand has the larger population: 5.3 million against 1.5 million, 3.51× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 20 in New Zealand against 5.4 in Tocantins: New Zealand is 3.65× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,900 km apart.
On a standard web map New Zealand looks larger than Tocantins: Tocantins at 10°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and New Zealand at 42°S about 1.8×, so the map shows New Zealand as 1.67× the size of Tocantins, when Tocantins is 1.04× the size of New Zealand.
Together Tocantins and New Zealand cover 547,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 10,500 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
At New Zealand's density, Tocantins would have 5.5 million people (it has 1.5 million). At Tocantins's density, New Zealand would have 1.5 million (it has 5.3 million).
Tocantins's centre is 31.6° of latitude, about 3,510 km, farther north than New Zealand'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.
New Zealand ranks 76th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Tocantins lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,510 km) north of New Zealand.
Shared out evenly, each person in Tocantins would have about 184,570 m² and each person in New Zealand about 50,590 m².
Laid side by side, Tocantins and New Zealand would cover 547,000 km², about the same size as France.
Together they have 6.8 million people, about as many people as Paraguay.
Counted as a country, Tocantins would rank 74th by area and 155th by population.

Side by side

	Tocantins	New Zealand
Is a	StateBrazil	CountryOceania
Area, measured	279,000 km²108,000 mi²	268,000 km²104,000 mi²
Official area	278,000 km²Wikidata	268,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 27in Brazil	75th of 239worldwide
Population	1.5 millionWikidata, 2022	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	24th of 27in Brazil	119th of 237worldwide
Density	5.4 per km²	20 per km²
Capital	Palmas	Wellington
Latitude range	13°S to 5°S	53°S to 29°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 268,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 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

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