Western Australia is 436× the size of Federal District

Western Australia (state of Australia) covers about 2,528,000 km² (976,000 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,528,000km²Western Australia
5,790km²Federal District

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Western Australia
Federal District

What fits

Federal District fits inside Western Australia about 436 times by area.
Western Australia is larger by 2,522,000 km² (974,000 mi²), which is 43,547% of the area of Federal District.
Measured in Belgiums: Western Australia is about 82.4, Federal District about 0.19.

How they differ

Western Australia also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 2.8 million, 1.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 1.2 in Western Australia: Federal District is 409× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,300 km apart.
Together Western Australia and Federal District cover 2,534,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 7.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,522,000 km², is about the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km²).
At Federal District's density, Western Australia would have 1.23 billion people (it has 3.0 million). At Western Australia's density, Federal District would have 6,890 (it has 2.8 million).
Federal District's centre is 9.6° of latitude, about 1,060 km, farther north than Western Australia's.
Western Australia is the largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 33% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Federal District lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,060 km) north of Western Australia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Western Australia would have about 840,280 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
Laid side by side, Western Australia and Federal District would cover 2,534,000 km², 93% of the size of Kazakhstan.
Together they have 5.8 million people, about as many people as Denmark.

Side by side

	Western Australia	Federal District
Is a	StateAustralia	Federal DistrictBrazil
Area, measured	2,528,000 km²976,000 mi²	5,790 km²2,240 mi²
Official area	2,527,000 km²Wikidata	5,760 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 8in Australia	27th of 27in Brazil
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2024	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	4th of 8in Australia	20th of 27in Brazil
Density	1.2 per km²	486 per km²
Capital	Perth	Brasília
Latitude range	35°S to 14°S	16°S to 15°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 2,527,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,528,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 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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