Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 1.01× the size of Lower Saxony

What fits

• Lower Saxony is 99% of the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is larger by 402 km² (155 mi²), which is 0.8% of the area of Lower Saxony.
• Measured in Belgiums: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is about 1.56, Lower Saxony about 1.55.

How they differ

• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is larger, but Lower Saxony has the larger population: 7.9 million against 2.8 million, 2.83× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Lower Saxony is 2.86× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 689 km apart.
• On a standard web map Lower Saxony looks larger than Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 1.25× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, when Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 1.01× the size of Lower Saxony.
• Together Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Lower Saxony cover 95,600 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 0.3% smaller).
• At Lower Saxony's density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 8.0 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, Lower Saxony would have 2.8 million (it has 7.9 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 5.5° of latitude, about 610 km, farther north than Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's.
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the 6th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 615 km) north of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have about 17,120 m² and each person in Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Lower Saxony would cover 95,600 km², about the same size as Liberia.
• Together they have 10.7 million people, about as many people as Dominican Republic.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 47,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.

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