Bihar is 1.11× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bihar (state of India) covers about 94,700 km² (36,600 mi²) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 94,700km²Bihar
- 85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine
100 km
- Bihar
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
What fits
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 90% of the size of Bihar.
- Bihar is larger by 9,700 km² (3,740 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- Measured in Belgiums: Bihar is about 3.09, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.
How they differ
- Bihar also has the larger population: 103.8 million against 6.1 million, 17.0× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,096 in Bihar against 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Bihar is 15.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,670 km apart.
- On a standard web map Nouvelle-Aquitaine looks larger than Bihar: Bihar at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Nouvelle-Aquitaine as 1.47× the size of Bihar, when Bihar is 1.11× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- Together Bihar and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 180,000 km², close to the size of Cambodia (181,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 9,700 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Bihar would have 6.8 million people (it has 103.8 million). At Bihar's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 93.2 million (it has 6.1 million).
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 19.5° of latitude, about 2,170 km, farther north than Bihar's.
- Bihar is the 12th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,170 km) north of Bihar.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Bihar would have about 910 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
- Laid side by side, Bihar and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 180,000 km², about the same size as Cambodia.
- Together they have 109.9 million people, about as many people as the Philippines.
Side by side
| Bihar | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 94,700 km²36,600 mi² | 85,000 km²32,800 mi² |
| Official area | 94,200 km²Wikidata | 84,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 12th of 36in India | 1st of 18in France |
| Population | 103.8 millionWikidata, 2011 | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 3rd of 36in India | 3rd of 18in France |
| Density | 1,096 per km² | 72 per km² |
| Capital | Patna | Bordeaux |
| Latitude range | 24°N to 28°N | 43°N to 47°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,700 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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