Utah is 4.16× the size of Rio Grande do Norte

Utah (state of the United States) covers about 220,000 km² (84,900 mi²) and Rio Grande do Norte (state of Brazil) about 52,800 km² (20,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

220,000km²Utah
52,800km²Rio Grande do Norte

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Utah
Rio Grande do Norte

What fits

Rio Grande do Norte fits inside Utah about 4.16 times by area.
Utah is larger by 167,000 km² (64,500 mi²), which is 316% of the area of Rio Grande do Norte.
Measured in Belgiums: Utah is about 7.17, Rio Grande do Norte about 1.72.

How they differ

Utah is larger, but Rio Grande do Norte has the larger population: 3.3 million against 3.3 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 63 in Rio Grande do Norte against 15 in Utah: Rio Grande do Norte is 4.20× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,150 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Utah at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Utah as 6.88× the size of Rio Grande do Norte instead of 4.16×.
Together Utah and Rio Grande do Norte cover 273,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 167,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Utah would have 13.7 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Utah's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 786,000 (it has 3.3 million).
Utah's centre is 45.1° of latitude, about 5,020 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Norte's.
Utah is the 13th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 41st most densely populated of them.
Rio Grande do Norte is the 22nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Utah lies about 45° of latitude (roughly 5,020 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Utah would have about 67,170 m² and each person in Rio Grande do Norte about 15,990 m².
Laid side by side, Utah and Rio Grande do Norte would cover 273,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
Together they have 6.6 million people, about as many people as Serbia.

Side by side

	Utah	Rio Grande do Norte
Is a	StateUnited States	StateBrazil
Area, measured	220,000 km²84,900 mi²	52,800 km²20,400 mi²
Official area	220,000 km²Wikidata	53,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 51in the United States	22nd of 27in Brazil
Population	3.3 millionWikidata, 2020	3.3 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	30th of 51in the United States	17th of 27in Brazil
Density	15 per km²	63 per km²
Capital	Salt Lake City	Natal
Latitude range	37°N to 42°N	7°S to 1°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 220,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 220,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 53,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,800 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

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