Victoria is 1.15× the size of Paraná

What fits

• Paraná is 87% of the size of Victoria.
• Victoria is larger by 29,300 km² (11,300 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Paraná.
• Measured in Belgiums: Victoria is about 7.43, Paraná about 6.48.

How they differ

• Victoria is larger, but Paraná has the larger population: 11.4 million against 7.0 million, 1.63× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 58 in Paraná against 31 in Victoria: Paraná is 1.87× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Victoria at 37°S is drawn about 1.6× too large and Paraná at 25°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Victoria as 1.48× the size of Paraná instead of 1.15×.
• Together Victoria and Paraná cover 427,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 2.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 29,300 km², is about the size of Armenia (29,600 km²).
• At Paraná's density, Victoria would have 13.1 million people (it has 7.0 million). At Victoria's density, Paraná would have 6.1 million (it has 11.4 million).
• Paraná's centre is 12.2° of latitude, about 1,360 km, farther north than Victoria's.
• Victoria is the 6th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Paraná is the 15th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Paraná lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,360 km) north of Victoria.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Victoria would have about 32,510 m² and each person in Paraná about 17,360 m².
• Laid side by side, Victoria and Paraná would cover 427,000 km², about the same size as Iraq.
• Together they have 18.5 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 227,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 228,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 199,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 km², to within 2%.

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