Chongqing is 1.12× the size of Occitania
Chongqing (municipality of China) covers about 82,400 km² (31,800 mi²) and Occitania (region of France) about 73,500 km² (28,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 82,400km²Chongqing
- 73,500km²Occitania
100 km
- Chongqing
- Occitania
What fits
- Occitania is 89% of the size of Chongqing.
- Chongqing is larger by 8,870 km² (3,430 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Occitania.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chongqing is about 2.69, Occitania about 2.40.
How they differ
- Chongqing also has the larger population: 32.1 million against 6.1 million, 5.27× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 389 in Chongqing against 83 in Occitania: Chongqing is 4.70× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,880 km apart.
- On a standard web map Occitania looks larger than Chongqing: Chongqing at 30°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Occitania at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Occitania as 1.28× the size of Chongqing, when Chongqing is 1.12× the size of Occitania.
- Together Chongqing and Occitania cover 156,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 8,870 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Occitania's density, Chongqing would have 6.8 million people (it has 32.1 million). At Chongqing's density, Occitania would have 28.6 million (it has 6.1 million).
- Occitania's centre is 13.6° of latitude, about 1,520 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.
- Occitania is the 3rd largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 12% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Occitania lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,520 km) north of Chongqing.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chongqing would have about 2,570 m² and each person in Occitania about 12,090 m².
- Laid side by side, Chongqing and Occitania would cover 156,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 38.1 million people, about as many people as Iraq.
Side by side
| Chongqing | Occitania | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 82,400 km²31,800 mi² | 73,500 km²28,400 mi² |
| Official area | 82,400 km²Wikidata | 72,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 31in China | 3rd of 18in France |
| Population | 32.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 31in China | 4th of 18in France |
| Density | 389 per km² | 83 per km² |
| Capital | – | Toulouse |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 32°N | 42°N to 45°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 72,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,500 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 Occitania 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