Finland is 10.4× the size of Hauts-de-France

Finland (Europe) covers about 333,000 km² (129,000 mi²) and Hauts-de-France (region of France) about 32,000 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

333,000km²Finland
32,000km²Hauts-de-France

100 km

Finland
Hauts-de-France

What fits

Hauts-de-France fits inside Finland about 10.4 times by area.
Finland is larger by 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²), which is 941% of the area of Hauts-de-France.
Measured in Belgiums: Finland is about 10.9, Hauts-de-France about 1.04.

How they differ

Finland is larger, but Hauts-de-France has the larger population: 6.0 million against 5.7 million, 1.06× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 188 in Hauts-de-France against 17 in Finland: Hauts-de-France is 11.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Finland at 64°N is drawn about 5.3× too large and Hauts-de-France at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Finland as 22.8× the size of Hauts-de-France instead of 10.4×.
Together Finland and Hauts-de-France cover 365,000 km², close to the size of Germany (358,000 km², 2.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 301,000 km², is about the size of Italy (301,000 km²).
At Hauts-de-France's density, Finland would have 62.5 million people (it has 5.7 million). At Finland's density, Hauts-de-France would have 543,000 (it has 6.0 million).
Finland's centre is 14.3° of latitude, about 1,590 km, farther north than Hauts-de-France's.
Finland ranks 67th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Hauts-de-France is the 9th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Finland lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,590 km) north of Hauts-de-France.
Shared out evenly, each person in Finland would have about 58,920 m² and each person in Hauts-de-France about 5,330 m².
Laid side by side, Finland and Hauts-de-France would cover 365,000 km², about the same size as Germany.
Together they have 11.7 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.
Counted as a country, Hauts-de-France would rank 140th by area and 115th by population.

Side by side

	Finland	Hauts-de-France
Is a	CountryEurope	RegionFrance
Area, measured	333,000 km²129,000 mi²	32,000 km²12,400 mi²
Official area	338,000 km²Wikidata	31,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	66th of 239worldwide	9th of 18in France
Population	5.7 millionWikidata, 2025	6.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	116th of 237worldwide	5th of 18in France
Density	17 per km²	188 per km²
Capital	Helsinki	Lille
Latitude range	60°N to 70°N	49°N to 51°N

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 338,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 333,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 31,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 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 Hauts-de-France 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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