Centre-Val de Loire is 1.04× the size of Kerala
Centre-Val de Loire (region of France) covers about 39,400 km² (15,200 mi²) and Kerala (state of India) about 37,700 km² (14,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 39,400km²Centre-Val de Loire
- 37,700km²Kerala
50 km
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Kerala
What fits
- Kerala is 96% of the size of Centre-Val de Loire.
- Centre-Val de Loire is larger by 1,630 km² (629 mi²), which is 4.3% of the area of Kerala.
- Measured in Belgiums: Centre-Val de Loire is about 1.28, Kerala about 1.23.
How they differ
- Centre-Val de Loire is larger, but Kerala has the larger population: 33.4 million against 2.6 million, 12.9× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 886 in Kerala against 66 in Centre-Val de Loire: Kerala is 13.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,010 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Centre-Val de Loire at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Kerala at 10°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Centre-Val de Loire as 2.21× the size of Kerala instead of 1.04×.
- Together Centre-Val de Loire and Kerala cover 77,100 km², close to the size of Serbia (77,600 km², 0.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,630 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Kerala's density, Centre-Val de Loire would have 34.8 million people (it has 2.6 million). At Centre-Val de Loire's density, Kerala would have 2.5 million (it has 33.4 million).
- Centre-Val de Loire's centre is 37.1° of latitude, about 4,120 km, farther north than Kerala'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.
- Kerala is the 23rd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Centre-Val de Loire lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,120 km) north of Kerala.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Centre-Val de Loire would have about 15,240 m² and each person in Kerala about 1,130 m².
- Laid side by side, Centre-Val de Loire and Kerala would cover 77,100 km², about the same size as Serbia.
- Together they have 36.0 million people, about as many people as Angola.
Side by side
| Centre-Val de Loire | Kerala | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 39,400 km²15,200 mi² | 37,700 km²14,600 mi² |
| Official area | 39,200 km²Wikidata | 38,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 18in France | 23rd of 36in India |
| Population | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2022 | 33.4 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 18in France | 13th of 36in India |
| Density | 66 per km² | 886 per km² |
| Capital | Orléans | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Latitude range | 46°N to 49°N | 8°N to 13°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 39,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 39,400 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 37,700 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 38,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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