French Guiana is 1.04× the size of Jalisco

French Guiana (overseas region of France) covers about 83,200 km² (32,100 mi²) and Jalisco (state of Mexico) about 80,000 km² (30,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

83,200km²French Guiana
80,000km²Jalisco

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French Guiana
Jalisco

What fits

Jalisco is 96% of the size of French Guiana.
French Guiana is larger by 3,180 km² (1,230 mi²), which is 4.0% of the area of Jalisco.
Measured in Belgiums: French Guiana is about 2.71, Jalisco about 2.61.

How they differ

French Guiana is larger, but Jalisco has the larger population: 7.8 million against 288,000, 27.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 98 in Jalisco against 3.5 in French Guiana: Jalisco is 28.3× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,750 km apart.
On a standard web map Jalisco looks larger than French Guiana: French Guiana at 4°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Jalisco at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Jalisco as 1.09× the size of French Guiana, when French Guiana is 1.04× the size of Jalisco.
Together French Guiana and Jalisco cover 163,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 2.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,180 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Jalisco's density, French Guiana would have 8.2 million people (it has 288,000). At French Guiana's density, Jalisco would have 277,000 (it has 7.8 million).
Jalisco's centre is 16.7° of latitude, about 1,850 km, farther north than French Guiana's.
French Guiana is the 2nd largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
Jalisco is the 6th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Jalisco lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,850 km) north of French Guiana.
Shared out evenly, each person in French Guiana would have about 288,450 m² and each person in Jalisco about 10,200 m².
Laid side by side, French Guiana and Jalisco would cover 163,000 km², 1.04× the size of Tunisia.
Together they have 8.1 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	French Guiana	Jalisco
Is a	Overseas regionFrance	StateMexico
Area, measured	83,200 km²32,100 mi²	80,000 km²30,900 mi²
Official area	83,500 km²Wikidata	78,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	2nd of 18in France	6th of 32in Mexico
Population	288,000Wikidata, 2022	7.8 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	18th of 18in France	4th of 32in Mexico
Density	3.5 per km²	98 per km²
Capital	Cayenne	Guadalajara
Latitude range	2°N to 6°N	19°N to 23°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 83,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 83,200 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 78,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 80,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
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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