Brittany is 1.07× the size of Maryland

Brittany (region of France) covers about 27,300 km² (10,600 mi²) and Maryland (state of the United States) about 25,500 km² (9,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

27,300km²Brittany
25,500km²Maryland

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Brittany
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What fits

Maryland is 93% of the size of Brittany.
Brittany is larger by 1,880 km² (725 mi²), which is 7.4% of the area of Maryland.
Measured in Belgiums: Brittany is about 0.89, Maryland about 0.83.

How they differ

Brittany is larger, but Maryland has the larger population: 6.2 million against 3.4 million, 1.80× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 243 in Maryland against 125 in Brittany: Maryland is 1.94× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,810 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Brittany at 48°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Maryland at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Brittany as 1.46× the size of Maryland instead of 1.07×.
Together Brittany and Maryland cover 52,800 km², close to the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km², 1.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,880 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Maryland's density, Brittany would have 6.6 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Brittany's density, Maryland would have 3.2 million (it has 6.2 million).
Brittany's centre is 9.1° of latitude, about 1,020 km, farther north than Maryland's.
Brittany is the 12th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Maryland is the 42nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Brittany lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,020 km) north of Maryland.
Shared out evenly, each person in Brittany would have about 7,990 m² and each person in Maryland about 4,120 m².
Laid side by side, Brittany and Maryland would cover 52,800 km², about the same size as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Together they have 9.6 million people, about as many people as Hungary.

Side by side

	Brittany	Maryland
Is a	RegionFrance	StateUnited States
Area, measured	27,300 km²10,600 mi²	25,500 km²9,830 mi²
Official area	27,200 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 18in France	42nd of 51in the United States
Population	3.4 millionWikidata, 2022	6.2 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	9th of 18in France	18th of 51in the United States
Density	125 per km²	243 per km²
Capital	Rennes	Annapolis
Latitude range	47°N to 49°N	38°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 27,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,300 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 25,500 km² is 21% below Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Brittany 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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