Baja California is 2.42× the size of Normandy
Baja California (state of Mexico) covers about 72,900 km² (28,100 mi²) and Normandy (region of France) about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 72,900km²Baja California
- 30,100km²Normandy
100 km
- Baja California
- Normandy
What fits
- Normandy fits inside Baja California about 2.42 times by area.
- Baja California is larger by 42,800 km² (16,500 mi²), which is 142% of the area of Normandy.
- Measured in Belgiums: Baja California is about 2.38, Normandy about 0.98.
How they differ
- Baja California is larger, but Normandy has the larger population: 3.3 million against 3.3 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 111 in Normandy against 45 in Baja California: Normandy is 2.44× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,090 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Baja California at 31°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Normandy at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Baja California as 1.40× the size of Normandy instead of 2.42×.
- Together Baja California and Normandy cover 103,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 42,800 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
- At Normandy's density, Baja California would have 8.1 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Baja California's density, Normandy would have 1.4 million (it has 3.3 million).
- Normandy's centre is 18.6° of latitude, about 2,070 km, farther north than Baja California's.
- Baja California is the 10th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Normandy is the 11th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Normandy lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,070 km) north of Baja California.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California would have about 21,990 m² and each person in Normandy about 9,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Baja California and Normandy would cover 103,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
- Together they have 6.7 million people, about as many people as Serbia.
Side by side
| Baja California | Normandy | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 72,900 km²28,100 mi² | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² |
| Official area | 71,500 km²Wikidata | 29,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 10th of 32in Mexico | 11th of 18in France |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2015 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 14th of 32in Mexico | 10th of 18in France |
| Density | 45 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Mexicali | Rouen |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 33°N | 48°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 72,900 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 71,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 29,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 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 Normandy 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