Belgium is 1.02× the size of Normandy
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 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.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 30,100km²Normandy
50 km
- Belgium
- Normandy
What fits
- Normandy is 98% of the size of Belgium.
- Belgium is larger by 537 km² (207 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Normandy.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Normandy about 0.73.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 3.3 million, 3.54× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 111 in Normandy: Belgium is 3.48× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 367 km apart.
- Together Belgium and Normandy cover 60,800 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 6.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 537 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
- At Normandy's density, Belgium would have 3.4 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Normandy would have 11.6 million (it has 3.3 million).
- Belgium's centre is 1.5° of latitude, about 170 km, farther north than Normandy's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- 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.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 51°N and 49°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Normandy about 9,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Normandy would cover 60,800 km², 94% of the size of Latvia.
- Together they have 15.2 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.
- Counted as a country, Normandy would rank 141st by area and 136th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Normandy | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 29,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 11th of 18in France |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 10th of 18in France |
| Density | 386 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Rouen |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 48°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
- 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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