Bhutan is 1.03× the size of Centre-Val de Loire

Bhutan (Asia) covers about 40,400 km² (15,600 mi²) and Centre-Val de Loire (region of France) about 39,400 km² (15,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

40,400km²Bhutan
39,400km²Centre-Val de Loire

100 km

Bhutan
Centre-Val de Loire

What fits

Centre-Val de Loire is 97% of the size of Bhutan.
Bhutan is larger by 1,070 km² (413 mi²), which is 2.7% of the area of Centre-Val de Loire.
Measured in Belgiums: Bhutan is about 1.32, Centre-Val de Loire about 1.28.

How they differ

Bhutan is larger, but Centre-Val de Loire has the larger population: 2.6 million against 787,000, 3.28× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 66 in Centre-Val de Loire against 19 in Bhutan: Centre-Val de Loire is 3.37× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,710 km apart.
On a standard web map Centre-Val de Loire looks larger than Bhutan: Bhutan at 27°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Centre-Val de Loire at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Centre-Val de Loire as 1.68× the size of Bhutan, when Bhutan is 1.03× the size of Centre-Val de Loire.
Together Bhutan and Centre-Val de Loire cover 79,800 km², close to the size of Czechia (78,800 km², 1.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,070 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Centre-Val de Loire's density, Bhutan would have 2.7 million people (it has 787,000). At Bhutan's density, Centre-Val de Loire would have 767,000 (it has 2.6 million).
Centre-Val de Loire's centre is 20.1° of latitude, about 2,230 km, farther north than Bhutan's.
Bhutan ranks 136th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Centre-Val de Loire is the 7th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 6.2% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Centre-Val de Loire lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,230 km) north of Bhutan.
Shared out evenly, each person in Bhutan would have about 51,330 m² and each person in Centre-Val de Loire about 15,240 m².
Laid side by side, Bhutan and Centre-Val de Loire would cover 79,800 km², about the same size as Czechia.
Together they have 3.4 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.
Counted as a country, Centre-Val de Loire would rank 136th by area and 143rd by population.

Side by side

	Bhutan	Centre-Val de Loire
Is a	CountryAsia	RegionFrance
Area, measured	40,400 km²15,600 mi²	39,400 km²15,200 mi²
Official area	38,400 km²Wikidata	39,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	135th of 239worldwide	7th of 18in France
Population	787,000Wikidata, 2023	2.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	165th of 237worldwide	12th of 18in France
Density	19 per km²	66 per km²
Capital	Thimphu	Orléans
Latitude range	27°N to 28°N	46°N to 49°N

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 40,400 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 38,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 39,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 39,400 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 Centre-Val de Loire 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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