Balearic Islands is 1.98× the size of Réunion (France)

Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²) and Réunion (France) (overseas region of France) about 2,580 km² (997 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,120km²Balearic Islands
2,580km²Réunion (France)

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Balearic Islands
Réunion (France)

What fits

Réunion (France) is 50% of the size of Balearic Islands.
Balearic Islands is larger by 2,530 km² (979 mi²), which is 98% of the area of Réunion (France).
Measured in Belgiums: Balearic Islands is about 0.17, Réunion (France) about 0.08.

How they differ

Balearic Islands also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 881,000, 1.34× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 341 in Réunion (France) against 230 in Balearic Islands: Réunion (France) is 1.48× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,680 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Balearic Islands at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Réunion (France) at 21°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Balearic Islands as 2.90× the size of Réunion (France) instead of 1.98×.
Together Balearic Islands and Réunion (France) cover 7,700 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 21% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,530 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Réunion (France)'s density, Balearic Islands would have 1.7 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Balearic Islands's density, Réunion (France) would have 594,000 (it has 881,000).
Balearic Islands's centre is 60.7° of latitude, about 6,750 km, farther north than Réunion (France)'s.
Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Réunion (France) is the 15th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Balearic Islands lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,750 km) north of Réunion (France), on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Balearic Islands would have about 4,350 m² and each person in Réunion (France) about 2,930 m².
Laid side by side, Balearic Islands and Réunion (France) would cover 7,700 km², 77% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.

Side by side

	Balearic Islands	Réunion (France)
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	Overseas regionFrance
Area, measured	5,120 km²1,980 mi²	2,580 km²997 mi²
Official area	4,990 km²Wikidata	2,510 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	17th of 19in Spain	15th of 18in France
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2022	881,000Wikidata, 2022
Rank by population	12th of 19in Spain	13th of 18in France
Density	230 per km²	341 per km²
Capital	Palma	Saint-Denis
Latitude range	39°N to 40°N	21°S to 21°S

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

Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 2,580 km² is 2.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,510 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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

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