Washington State is 1.83× the size of Santa Catarina

What fits

• Santa Catarina is 55% of the size of Washington State.
• Washington State is larger by 79,000 km² (30,500 mi²), which is 83% of the area of Santa Catarina.
• Measured in Belgiums: Washington State is about 5.68, Santa Catarina about 3.10.

How they differ

• Washington State also has the larger population: 7.7 million against 7.6 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 80 in Santa Catarina against 44 in Washington State: Santa Catarina is 1.81× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Washington State at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Santa Catarina at 27°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Washington State as 3.16× the size of Santa Catarina instead of 1.83×.
• Together Washington State and Santa Catarina cover 269,000 km², close to the size of New Zealand (268,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 79,000 km², is about the size of Czechia (78,800 km²).
• At Santa Catarina's density, Washington State would have 13.9 million people (it has 7.7 million). At Washington State's density, Santa Catarina would have 4.2 million (it has 7.6 million).
• Washington State's centre is 74.6° of latitude, about 8,300 km, farther north than Santa Catarina's.
• Washington State is the 21st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
• Santa Catarina is the 20th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• Washington State lies about 75° of latitude (roughly 8,300 km) north of Santa Catarina, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Washington State would have about 22,600 m² and each person in Santa Catarina about 12,500 m².
• Laid side by side, Washington State and Santa Catarina would cover 269,000 km², about the same size as New Zealand.
• Together they have 15.3 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 174,000 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 185,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 95,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 95,100 km², to within 2%.

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