Chongqing is 1.16× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Chongqing (municipality of China) covers about 82,400 km² (31,800 mi²) and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

82,400km²Chongqing
70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Chongqing
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

What fits

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 86% of the size of Chongqing.
Chongqing is larger by 11,400 km² (4,420 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Measured in Belgiums: Chongqing is about 2.69, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 2.31.

How they differ

Chongqing also has the larger population: 32.1 million against 8.2 million, 3.93× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 389 in Chongqing against 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Chongqing is 3.38× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,610 km apart.
On a standard web map Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes looks larger than Chongqing: Chongqing at 30°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at 46°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as 1.31× the size of Chongqing, when Chongqing is 1.16× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Together Chongqing and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes cover 153,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 11,400 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Chongqing would have 9.5 million people (it has 32.1 million). At Chongqing's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 27.6 million (it has 8.2 million).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's centre is 15.5° of latitude, about 1,720 km, farther north than Chongqing's.
Chongqing is the 26th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the 4th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 11% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,720 km) north of Chongqing.
Shared out evenly, each person in Chongqing would have about 2,570 m² and each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 8,690 m².
Laid side by side, Chongqing and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would cover 153,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 40.2 million people, about as many people as Sudan.

Side by side

	Chongqing	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Is a	MunicipalityChina	RegionFrance
Area, measured	82,400 km²31,800 mi²	70,900 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	82,400 km²Wikidata	69,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	26th of 31in China	4th of 18in France
Population	32.1 millionWikidata, 2020	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	19th of 31in China	2nd of 18in France
Density	389 per km²	115 per km²
Capital	–	Lyon
Latitude range	28°N to 32°N	44°N to 47°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 82,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 82,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 69,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,900 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 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 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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