Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.25× the size of Paraíba

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) covers about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²) and Paraíba (state of Brazil) about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
56,500km²Paraíba

100 km

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Paraíba

What fits

Paraíba is 80% of the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is larger by 14,400 km² (5,560 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Paraíba.
Measured in Belgiums: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is about 2.31, Paraíba about 1.84.

How they differ

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes also has the larger population: 8.2 million against 4.0 million, 2.05× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes against 70 in Paraíba: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.64× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,150 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at 46°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Paraíba at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as 2.52× the size of Paraíba instead of 1.25×.
Together Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Paraíba cover 127,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 1.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 14,400 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Paraíba's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 5.0 million people (it has 8.2 million). At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Paraíba would have 6.5 million (it has 4.0 million).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's centre is 52.6° of latitude, about 5,850 km, farther north than Paraíba'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.
Paraíba is the 21st largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes lies about 53° of latitude (roughly 5,850 km) north of Paraíba, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have about 8,690 m² and each person in Paraíba about 14,220 m².
Laid side by side, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Paraíba would cover 127,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
Together they have 12.1 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.

Side by side

	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Paraíba
Is a	RegionFrance	StateBrazil
Area, measured	70,900 km²27,400 mi²	56,500 km²21,800 mi²
Official area	69,700 km²Wikidata	56,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 18in France	21st of 27in Brazil
Population	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022	4.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	2nd of 18in France	13th of 27in Brazil
Density	115 per km²	70 per km²
Capital	Lyon	João Pessoa
Latitude range	44°N to 47°N	8°S to 6°S

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 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 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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