Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.10× the size of Ladakh

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) covers about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²) and Ladakh (union territory of India) about 64,300 km² (24,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
64,300km²Ladakh

100 km

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ladakh

Ladakh: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with China and Pakistan. 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

Ladakh is 91% of the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is larger by 6,670 km² (2,570 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Ladakh.
Measured in Belgiums: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is about 2.31, Ladakh about 2.10.

How they differ

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes also has the larger population: 8.2 million against 274,000, 29.8× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes against 4.3 in Ladakh: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 27.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,170 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at 46°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Ladakh at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as 1.55× the size of Ladakh instead of 1.10×.
Together Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Ladakh cover 135,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,670 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Ladakh's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 303,000 people (it has 8.2 million). At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Ladakh would have 7.4 million (it has 274,000).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's centre is 11.6° of latitude, about 1,290 km, farther north than Ladakh'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.
Ladakh is the 17th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 36th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,290 km) north of Ladakh.
Shared out evenly, each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have about 8,690 m² and each person in Ladakh about 234,260 m².
Laid side by side, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Ladakh would cover 135,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
Together they have 8.4 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Ladakh
Is a	RegionFrance	Union TerritoryIndia
Area, measured	70,900 km²27,400 mi²	64,300 km²24,800 mi²
Official area	69,700 km²Wikidata	59,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 18in France	17th of 36in India
Population	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022	274,000Wikidata, 2011
Rank by population	2nd of 18in France	35th of 36in India
Density	115 per km²	4.3 per km²
Capital	Lyon	Leh; Kargil
Latitude range	44°N to 47°N	32°N to 35°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 69,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,900 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 64,300 km² is 8.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 59,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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