Austria is 1.01× the size of French Guiana
Austria (Europe) covers about 84,000 km² (32,400 mi²) and French Guiana (overseas region of France) about 83,200 km² (32,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 84,000km²Austria
- 83,200km²French Guiana
100 km
- Austria
- French Guiana
What fits
- French Guiana is 99% of the size of Austria.
- Austria is larger by 810 km² (313 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of French Guiana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Austria is about 2.74, French Guiana about 2.71.
How they differ
- Austria also has the larger population: 9.0 million against 288,000, 31.1× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 107 in Austria against 3.5 in French Guiana: Austria is 30.8× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,000 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Austria at 48°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and French Guiana at 4°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Austria as 2.21× the size of French Guiana instead of 1.01×.
- Together Austria and French Guiana cover 167,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
- At French Guiana's density, Austria would have 291,000 people (it has 9.0 million). At Austria's density, French Guiana would have 8.9 million (it has 288,000).
- Austria's centre is 43.7° of latitude, about 4,860 km, farther north than French Guiana's.
- Austria ranks 116th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- French Guiana is the 2nd largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Austria lies about 44° of latitude (roughly 4,860 km) north of French Guiana.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Austria would have about 9,350 m² and each person in French Guiana about 288,450 m².
- Laid side by side, Austria and French Guiana would cover 167,000 km², 94% of the size of Uruguay.
- Together they have 9.3 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.
- Counted as a country, French Guiana would rank 116th by area and 180th by population.
Side by side
| Austria | French Guiana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | Overseas regionFrance |
| Area, measured | 84,000 km²32,400 mi² | 83,200 km²32,100 mi² |
| Official area | 83,900 km²Wikidata | 83,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 115th of 239worldwide | 2nd of 18in France |
| Population | 9.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 288,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 98th of 237worldwide | 18th of 18in France |
| Density | 107 per km² | 3.5 per km² |
| Capital | Vienna | Cayenne |
| Latitude range | 46°N to 49°N | 2°N to 6°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 83,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 83,200 km², to within 2%.
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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
- 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