List of Brazilian states by area

There are 26 states of Brazil, (Portuguese: estados) which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District (Portuguese: Distrito Federal) which contains 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 (3,287,956 sq mi), and is ranked 5th in the world.

Rank	State	Area (km2)[1]	% of total	Comparable country
1	Amazonas	1,559,159.1	18.31	Iran
2	Pará	1,247,954.7	14.65	South Africa
3	Mato Grosso	903,366.2	10.61	Venezuela
4	Minas Gerais	586,522.1	6.89	France (mainland)
5	Bahia	564,733.2	6.63	Spain
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	Poland
9	Rio Grande do Sul	281,730.2	3.31	Italy
10	Tocantins	277,720.5	3.26	New Zealand
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	Romania
14	Roraima	224,300.5	2.63	Guyana
15	Paraná	199,307.9	2.34	Belarus
16	Acre	164,123.0	1.93	Uruguay
17	Ceará	148,920.5	1.75	Nepal
18	Amapá	142,828.5	1.68	Greece
19	Pernambuco	98,148.3	1.15	Hungary
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	Belgium
26	Sergipe	21,915.1	0.26	Slovenia
27	Distrito Federal	5,780.0	0.07	Trinidad and Tobago
Total	Brazil	8,515,766.8	100.0

Brazilian states by area.