Chiapas is 2.34× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Chiapas (state of Mexico) covers about 73,400 km² (28,300 mi²) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

73,400km²Chiapas
31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

100 km

Chiapas
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

What fits

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur fits inside Chiapas about 2.34 times by area.
Chiapas is larger by 42,000 km² (16,200 mi²), which is 134% of the area of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Measured in Belgiums: Chiapas is about 2.39, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 1.02.

How they differ

Chiapas also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 5.2 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur against 71 in Chiapas: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 2.32× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,400 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Chiapas at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Chiapas as 1.32× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur instead of 2.34×.
Together Chiapas and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur cover 105,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 2.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 42,000 km², is about the size of Switzerland (41,400 km²).
At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Chiapas would have 12.1 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Chiapas's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 2.2 million (it has 5.2 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 27.5° of latitude, about 3,050 km, farther north than Chiapas's.
Chiapas is the 9th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 3,050 km) north of Chiapas.
Shared out evenly, each person in Chiapas would have about 14,060 m² and each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 6,060 m².
Laid side by side, Chiapas and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would cover 105,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
Together they have 10.4 million people, about as many people as Jordan.

Side by side

	Chiapas	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Is a	StateMexico	RegionFrance
Area, measured	73,400 km²28,300 mi²	31,300 km²12,100 mi²
Official area	73,300 km²Wikidata	31,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 32in Mexico	10th of 18in France
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2015	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 32in Mexico	7th of 18in France
Density	71 per km²	165 per km²
Capital	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Marseille
Latitude range	15°N to 18°N	43°N to 45°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 73,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 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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