Finland is 3.92× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Finland (Europe) covers about 333,000 km² (129,000 mi²) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

333,000km²Finland
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

100 km

Finland
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine fits inside Finland about 3.92 times by area.
Finland is larger by 248,000 km² (95,800 mi²), which is 292% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Finland is about 10.9, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Finland is larger, but Nouvelle-Aquitaine has the larger population: 6.1 million against 5.7 million, 1.08× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine against 17 in Finland: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 4.24× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,660 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Finland at 64°N is drawn about 5.3× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Finland as 10.3× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine instead of 3.92×.
Together Finland and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 418,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 4.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 248,000 km², is about the size of Guinea (244,000 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Finland would have 24.0 million people (it has 5.7 million). At Finland's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 1.4 million (it has 6.1 million).
Finland's centre is 19.1° of latitude, about 2,120 km, farther north than Nouvelle-Aquitaine's.
Finland ranks 67th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Finland lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,120 km) north of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Shared out evenly, each person in Finland would have about 58,920 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Finland and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 418,000 km², 1.05× the size of Paraguay.
Together they have 11.8 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
Counted as a country, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would rank 115th by area and 113th by population.

Side by side

	Finland	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	CountryEurope	RegionFrance
Area, measured	333,000 km²129,000 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	338,000 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	66th of 239worldwide	1st of 18in France
Population	5.7 millionWikidata, 2025	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	116th of 237worldwide	3rd of 18in France
Density	17 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Helsinki	Bordeaux
Latitude range	60°N to 70°N	43°N to 47°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 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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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