Croatia is 1.71× the size of Pays de la Loire

Croatia (Europe) covers about 55,000 km² (21,200 mi²) and Pays de la Loire (region of France) about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

55,000km²Croatia
32,100km²Pays de la Loire

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Croatia
Pays de la Loire

What fits

Pays de la Loire is 58% of the size of Croatia.
Croatia is larger by 22,900 km² (8,840 mi²), which is 71% of the area of Pays de la Loire.
Measured in Belgiums: Croatia is about 1.79, Pays de la Loire about 1.05.

How they differ

Croatia is larger, but Pays de la Loire has the larger population: 3.9 million against 3.9 million, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 121 in Pays de la Loire against 70 in Croatia: Pays de la Loire is 1.72× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,350 km apart.
Together Croatia and Pays de la Loire cover 87,200 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 1.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 22,900 km², is about the size of Belize (22,300 km²).
At Pays de la Loire's density, Croatia would have 6.6 million people (it has 3.9 million). At Croatia's density, Pays de la Loire would have 2.3 million (it has 3.9 million).
Pays de la Loire's centre is 2.4° of latitude, about 270 km, farther north than Croatia's.
Croatia ranks 128th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Pays de la Loire is the 8th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Pays de la Loire lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 269 km) north of Croatia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Croatia would have about 14,210 m² and each person in Pays de la Loire about 8,280 m².
Laid side by side, Croatia and Pays de la Loire would cover 87,200 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
Together they have 7.8 million people, about as many people as Togo.
Counted as a country, Pays de la Loire would rank 140th by area and 131st by population.

Side by side

	Croatia	Pays de la Loire
Is a	CountryEurope	RegionFrance
Area, measured	55,000 km²21,200 mi²	32,100 km²12,400 mi²
Official area	56,600 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	127th of 239worldwide	8th of 18in France
Population	3.9 millionWikidata, 2021	3.9 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	131st of 237worldwide	8th of 18in France
Density	70 per km²	121 per km²
Capital	Zagreb	Nantes
Latitude range	42°N to 47°N	46°N to 49°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 55,000 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Pays de la 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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