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Brazilian states by area.
There are 27 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. The second number in bold corresponds to the map. Brazil has a total area of 8,514,877 km², and is ranked 5th in the world.
| Rank |
State |
Area[1] |
Comparable country |
| 1 |
 Amazonas |
1,570,745.7 |
 Mongolia |
| 2 |
 Pará |
1,247,689.5 |
 Angola |
| 3 |
 Mato Grosso |
903,357.9 |
 Venezuela |
| 4 |
 Minas Gerais |
586,528.3 |
 Madagascar |
| 5 |
 Bahia |
564,692.7 |
 France |
| 6 |
 Mato Grosso do Sul |
357,125 |
 Germany |
| 7 |
 Goiás |
340,086.7 |
 Finland |
| 8 |
 Maranhão |
331,983.3 |
 Vietnam |
| 9 |
 Rio Grande do Sul |
281,748.5 |
 Ecuador |
| 10 |
 Tocantins |
277,620.9 |
 Burkina Faso |
| 11 |
 Piauí |
251,529.2 |
 Guinea |
| 12 |
 São Paulo |
248,209.4 |
Guinea |
| 13 |
 Rondônia |
237,576.2 |
 Romania |
| 14 |
 Roraima |
224,299 |
 Guyana |
| 15 |
 Paraná |
199,314.9 |
Guyana |
| 16 |
 Acre |
152,581.4 |
 Nepal |
| 17 |
 Ceará |
148,825.6 |
Nepal |
| 18 |
 Amapá |
142,814.6 |
 Tajikistan |
| 19 |
 Pernambuco |
98,311.6 |
 South Korea |
| 20 |
 Santa Catarina |
95,346.2 |
 Hungary |
| 21 |
 Paraíba |
56,439.8 |
 Croatia |
| 22 |
 Rio Grande do Norte |
52,796.8 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 23 |
 Espírito Santo |
46,077.5 |
 Bhutan |
| 24 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
43,696.1 |
 Denmark |
| 25 |
 Alagoas |
27,767.7 |
 Haiti |
| 26 |
 Sergipe |
21,910.3 |
 Israel |
| 27 |
 Distrito Federal |
5,801.9 |
 Brunei |
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística: "Área Territorial Oficial", http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/geociencias/areaterritorial/principal.shtm
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