Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is 56 times larger than New York City.
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
Area: 784 km2 calculated
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. Wikipedia