Arkansas is 1.62× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Arkansas (state of the United States) covers about 138,000 km² (53,100 mi²) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

138,000km²Arkansas
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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Arkansas
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 62% of the size of Arkansas.
Arkansas is larger by 52,500 km² (20,300 mi²), which is 62% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Arkansas is about 4.48, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Arkansas is larger, but Nouvelle-Aquitaine has the larger population: 6.1 million against 3.0 million, 2.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine against 22 in Arkansas: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 3.29× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,530 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Arkansas at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Arkansas as 1.20× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine instead of 1.62×.
Together Arkansas and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 223,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 2.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 52,500 km², is about the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Arkansas would have 9.9 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Arkansas's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 1.9 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 10.3° of latitude, about 1,140 km, farther north than Arkansas's.
Arkansas is the 27th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 37th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,140 km) north of Arkansas.
Shared out evenly, each person in Arkansas would have about 45,670 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Arkansas and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 223,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
Together they have 9.1 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.

Side by side

	Arkansas	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	StateUnited States	RegionFrance
Area, measured	138,000 km²53,100 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	138,000 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 51in the United States	1st of 18in France
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2020	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	33rd of 51in the United States	3rd of 18in France
Density	22 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Little Rock	Bordeaux
Latitude range	33°N to 37°N	43°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 138,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 138,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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

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