List of Brazilian states by area
Brazilian states by area.
There are 26 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. Below are these states listed in order of the area, from Amazonas with the greatest area, to the Federal District with the least. Brazil has a total area of 8,515,767 km², and is ranked 5th in the world.
| Rank | State | Area, km²[1] | % of the total | Comparable country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Amazonas |
1,559,159.1 | 18.31 |  Mongolia |
| 2 |  Pará |
1,247,954.7 | 14.65 |  Angola |
| 3 |  Mato Grosso |
903,366.2 | 10.61 |  Venezuela |
| 4 |  Minas Gerais |
586,522.1 | 6.89 |  Madagascar |
| 5 |  Bahia |
564,733.2 | 6.63 |  Kenya |
| 6 |  Mato Grosso do Sul |
357,145.5 | 4.19 |  Germany |
| 7 |  Goiás |
340,111.8 | 3.99 |  Finland |
| 8 |  Maranhão |
331,937.4 | 3.90 |  Vietnam |
| 9 |  Rio Grande do Sul |
281,730.2 | 3.31 |  Ecuador |
| 10 |  Tocantins |
277,720.5 | 3.26 |  Burkina Faso |
| 11 |  Piauí |
251,577.7 | 2.95 |  Guinea |
| 12 |  São Paulo |
248,222.8 | 2.91 |  United Kingdom |
| 13 |  Rondônia |
237,590.5 | 2.79 |  Laos |
| 14 |  Roraima |
224,300.5 | 2.63 |  Guyana |
| 15 |  Paraná |
199,307.9 | 2.34 |  Kyrgyzstan |
| 16 |  Acre |
164,123.0 | 1.93 |  Suriname |
| 17 |  Ceará |
148,920.5 | 1.75 |  Bangladesh |
| 18 |  Amapá |
142,828.5 | 1.68 |  Tajikistan |
| 19 |  Pernambuco |
98,148.3 | 1.15 |  South Korea |
| 20 |  Santa Catarina |
95,736.2 | 1.12 |  Portugal |
| 21 |  Paraíba |
56,469.8 | 0.66 |  Croatia |
| 22 |  Rio Grande do Norte |
52,811.0 | 0.62 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 23 |  Espírito Santo |
46,095.6 | 0.54 |  Estonia |
| 24 |  Rio de Janeiro |
43,780.2 | 0.51 |  Denmark |
| 25 |  Alagoas |
27,778.5 | 0.33 |  Haiti |
| 26 |  Sergipe |
21,915.1 | 0.26 |  El Salvador |
| 27 | .svg.png){kind=small} Distrito Federal |
5,780.0 | 0.07 |  Brunei |
| Total |  Brazil |
8,515,767.0 | 100.0% | |
Notes and references
See also
- Brazil
- States of Brazil
- List of Brazilian states by population
- List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
External links
- States of Brazil at statoids.com
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