Amazonas is 48.7× the size of Pays de la Loire
Amazonas (state of Brazil) covers about 1,565,000 km² (604,000 mi²) and Pays de la Loire (region of France) about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,565,000km²Amazonas
- 32,100km²Pays de la Loire
500 km
- Amazonas
- Pays de la Loire
What fits
- Pays de la Loire fits inside Amazonas about 48.7 times by area.
- Amazonas is larger by 1,533,000 km² (592,000 mi²), which is 4,772% of the area of Pays de la Loire.
- Measured in Belgiums: Amazonas is about 51.0, Pays de la Loire about 1.05.
How they differ
- Amazonas also has the larger population: 3.9 million against 3.9 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 121 in Pays de la Loire against 2.5 in Amazonas: Pays de la Loire is 47.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,450 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Amazonas at 4°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Pays de la Loire at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Amazonas as 22.4× the size of Pays de la Loire instead of 48.7×.
- Together Amazonas and Pays de la Loire cover 1,598,000 km², close to the size of Iran (1,623,000 km², 1.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,533,000 km², is about the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km²).
- At Pays de la Loire's density, Amazonas would have 189.0 million people (it has 3.9 million). At Amazonas's density, Pays de la Loire would have 81,000 (it has 3.9 million).
- Pays de la Loire's centre is 51.7° of latitude, about 5,750 km, farther north than Amazonas's.
- Amazonas is the largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 18% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
- Pays de la Loire is the 8th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Pays de la Loire lies about 52° of latitude (roughly 5,750 km) north of Amazonas, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Amazonas would have about 397,150 m² and each person in Pays de la Loire about 8,280 m².
- Laid side by side, Amazonas and Pays de la Loire would cover 1,598,000 km², about the same size as Iran.
- Together they have 7.8 million people, about as many people as Togo.
Side by side
| Amazonas | Pays de la Loire | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 1,565,000 km²604,000 mi² | 32,100 km²12,400 mi² |
| Official area | 1,559,000 km²Wikidata | 32,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 1st of 27in Brazil | 8th of 18in France |
| Population | 3.9 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.9 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 14th of 27in Brazil | 8th of 18in France |
| Density | 2.5 per km² | 121 per km² |
| Capital | Manaus | Nantes |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 2°N | 46°N to 49°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,559,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Pays de la Loire is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12