Arunachal Pradesh is 1.15× the size of Bavaria

Arunachal Pradesh (state of India) covers about 80,600 km² (31,100 mi²) and Bavaria (state of Germany) about 70,000 km² (27,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

80,600km²Arunachal Pradesh
70,000km²Bavaria

100 km

Arunachal Pradesh
Bavaria

Arunachal Pradesh: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with China. Size Versus draws Natural Earth's de facto outline, the boundary as it is held on the ground, and takes no position on it.

What fits

Bavaria is 87% of the size of Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal Pradesh is larger by 10,600 km² (4,080 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Bavaria.
Measured in Belgiums: Arunachal Pradesh is about 2.63, Bavaria about 2.28.

How they differ

Arunachal Pradesh is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 1.4 million, 9.43× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 17 in Arunachal Pradesh: Bavaria is 10.9× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,230 km apart.
On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Arunachal Pradesh: Arunachal Pradesh at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.57× the size of Arunachal Pradesh, when Arunachal Pradesh is 1.15× the size of Bavaria.
Together Arunachal Pradesh and Bavaria cover 151,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 2.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 10,600 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
At Bavaria's density, Arunachal Pradesh would have 15.0 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Arunachal Pradesh's density, Bavaria would have 1.2 million (it has 13.0 million).
Bavaria's centre is 20.9° of latitude, about 2,320 km, farther north than Arunachal Pradesh's.
Arunachal Pradesh is the 14th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 35th most densely populated of them.
Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Bavaria lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,320 km) north of Arunachal Pradesh.
Shared out evenly, each person in Arunachal Pradesh would have about 58,290 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
Laid side by side, Arunachal Pradesh and Bavaria would cover 151,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 14.4 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.

Side by side

	Arunachal Pradesh	Bavaria
Is a	StateIndia	StateGermany
Area, measured	80,600 km²31,100 mi²	70,000 km²27,000 mi²
Official area	83,700 km²Wikidata	70,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 36in India	1st of 16in Germany
Population	1.4 millionWikidata, 2011	13.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	29th of 36in India	2nd of 16in Germany
Density	17 per km²	186 per km²
Capital	Itanagar	Munich
Latitude range	27°N to 29°N	47°N to 51°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 80,600 km² is 3.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 83,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
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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