List of Brazilian states by area
There are 27 states of Brazil, (Portuguese: estados) which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which contains the capital city, Brasília.

List of Brazilian states by area

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Table Section Text: There are 27 states of Brazil, (Portuguese: estados) which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which contains the capital city, Brasília.

Rank	State	Area (km2)	% of 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	Nepal

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	Distrito Federal	5,780.0	0.07	Brunei

Total	Brazil	8,515,767.0	100.0

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Pernambuco is the 19th largest state in Brazil.
Pernambuco is the 19th extensive state of the Brazil.
Pernambuco ranked 19th among the states.

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final_sentence: Pernambuco is the 19th extensive state of the Brazil.
final_sentence: Pernambuco ranked 19th among the states.