Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is 43% larger than Belgium.
Area: 30,528 km2 World Factbook
Population: 10,449,361 (July 2014) World Factbook
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal monarchy in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters as well as those of several other major international organisations such as NATO. Wikipedia
Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil. It has the third largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo, and the second being that of Minas Gerais. The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast. Wikipedia