Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is 4.1 times larger than Los Angeles County, California.
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: 10,580 km2 calculated
Los Angeles County, also known as L.A. County, officially the County of Los Angeles, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county has a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Wikipedia