Austria is 1.18× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Austria (Europe) covers about 84,000 km² (32,400 mi²) and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

84,000km²Austria
70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

100 km

Austria
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

What fits

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 84% of the size of Austria.
Austria is larger by 13,100 km² (5,050 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Measured in Belgiums: Austria is about 2.74, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 2.31.

How they differ

Austria also has the larger population: 9.0 million against 8.2 million, 1.10× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes against 107 in Austria: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 767 km apart.
Together Austria and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes cover 155,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 13,100 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Austria would have 9.7 million people (it has 9.0 million). At Austria's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 7.6 million (it has 8.2 million).
Austria's centre is 2.1° of latitude, about 230 km, farther north than Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's.
Austria ranks 116th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the 4th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 11% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Austria lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 231 km) north of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Shared out evenly, each person in Austria would have about 9,350 m² and each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 8,690 m².
Laid side by side, Austria and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would cover 155,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 17.1 million people, about as many people as Guatemala.
Counted as a country, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would rank 121st by area and 101st by population.

Side by side

	Austria	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Is a	CountryEurope	RegionFrance
Area, measured	84,000 km²32,400 mi²	70,900 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	83,900 km²Wikidata	69,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	115th of 239worldwide	4th of 18in France
Population	9.0 millionWikidata, 2022	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	98th of 237worldwide	2nd of 18in France
Density	107 per km²	115 per km²
Capital	Vienna	Lyon
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	44°N to 47°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 83,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 84,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 69,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,900 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to Austria

Similar in size to Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

More comparisons

Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 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

Full method