Centre-Val de Loire is 1.16× the size of Hainan

Centre-Val de Loire (region of France) covers about 39,400 km² (15,200 mi²) and Hainan (province of China) about 33,800 km² (13,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

39,400km²Centre-Val de Loire
33,800km²Hainan

50 km

Centre-Val de Loire
Hainan

What fits

Hainan is 86% of the size of Centre-Val de Loire.
Centre-Val de Loire is larger by 5,510 km² (2,130 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Hainan.
Measured in Belgiums: Centre-Val de Loire is about 1.28, Hainan about 1.10.

How they differ

Centre-Val de Loire is larger, but Hainan has the larger population: 10.1 million against 2.6 million, 3.91× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 298 in Hainan against 66 in Centre-Val de Loire: Hainan is 4.54× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,720 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Centre-Val de Loire at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Hainan at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Centre-Val de Loire as 2.27× the size of Hainan instead of 1.16×.
Together Centre-Val de Loire and Hainan cover 73,200 km², close to the size of Panama (74,500 km², 1.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,510 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At Hainan's density, Centre-Val de Loire would have 11.7 million people (it has 2.6 million). At Centre-Val de Loire's density, Hainan would have 2.2 million (it has 10.1 million).
Centre-Val de Loire's centre is 28.3° of latitude, about 3,140 km, farther north than Hainan's.
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.
Hainan is the 28th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Centre-Val de Loire lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,140 km) north of Hainan.
Shared out evenly, each person in Centre-Val de Loire would have about 15,240 m² and each person in Hainan about 3,360 m².
Laid side by side, Centre-Val de Loire and Hainan would cover 73,200 km², about the same size as Panama.
Together they have 12.7 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.

Side by side

	Centre-Val de Loire	Hainan
Is a	RegionFrance	ProvinceChina
Area, measured	39,400 km²15,200 mi²	33,800 km²13,100 mi²
Official area	39,200 km²Wikidata	33,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 18in France	28th of 31in China
Population	2.6 millionWikidata, 2022	10.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	12th of 18in France	28th of 31in China
Density	66 per km²	298 per km²
Capital	Orléans	Haikou
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	18°N to 20°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 39,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 39,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 33,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 33,800 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 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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