Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.01× the size of Bavaria

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) covers about 70,900 km² (27,400 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.

70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
70,000km²Bavaria

100 km

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bavaria

What fits

Bavaria is 99% of the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is larger by 899 km² (347 mi²), which is 1.3% of the area of Bavaria.
Measured in Belgiums: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is about 2.31, Bavaria about 2.28.

How they differ

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 8.2 million, 1.60× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Bavaria is 1.62× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 643 km apart.
On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at 46°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.12× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, when Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.01× the size of Bavaria.
Together Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bavaria cover 141,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 899 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
At Bavaria's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 13.2 million people (it has 8.2 million). At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Bavaria would have 8.1 million (it has 13.0 million).
Bavaria's centre is 3.4° of latitude, about 380 km, farther north than Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's.
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.
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 3° of latitude (roughly 380 km) north of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Shared out evenly, each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have about 8,690 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
Laid side by side, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bavaria would cover 141,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 21.2 million people, about as many people as Sri Lanka.

Side by side

	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Bavaria
Is a	RegionFrance	StateGermany
Area, measured	70,900 km²27,400 mi²	70,000 km²27,000 mi²
Official area	69,700 km²Wikidata	70,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 18in France	1st of 16in Germany
Population	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022	13.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	2nd of 18in France	2nd of 16in Germany
Density	115 per km²	186 per km²
Capital	Lyon	Munich
Latitude range	44°N to 47°N	47°N to 51°N

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

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

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