Galicia is 1.08× the size of Brittany
Galicia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 29,600 km² (11,400 mi²) and Brittany (region of France) about 27,300 km² (10,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 29,600km²Galicia
- 27,300km²Brittany
50 km
- Galicia
- Brittany
What fits
- Brittany is 92% of the size of Galicia.
- Galicia is larger by 2,250 km² (870 mi²), which is 8.2% of the area of Brittany.
- Measured in Belgiums: Galicia is about 0.96, Brittany about 0.89.
How they differ
- Galicia is larger, but Brittany has the larger population: 3.4 million against 2.7 million, 1.27× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 125 in Brittany against 91 in Galicia: Brittany is 1.37× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 721 km apart.
- On a standard web map Brittany looks larger than Galicia: Galicia at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Brittany at 48°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Brittany as 1.12× the size of Galicia, when Galicia is 1.08× the size of Brittany.
- Together Galicia and Brittany cover 56,900 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 0.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,250 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Brittany's density, Galicia would have 3.7 million people (it has 2.7 million). At Galicia's density, Brittany would have 2.5 million (it has 3.4 million).
- Brittany's centre is 5.4° of latitude, about 600 km, farther north than Galicia's.
- Galicia is the 7th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Brittany is the 12th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Brittany lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 604 km) north of Galicia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Galicia would have about 10,950 m² and each person in Brittany about 7,990 m².
- Laid side by side, Galicia and Brittany would cover 56,900 km², about the same size as Togo.
- Together they have 6.1 million people, about as many people as Turkmenistan.
Side by side
| Galicia | Brittany | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 29,600 km²11,400 mi² | 27,300 km²10,600 mi² |
| Official area | 29,600 km²Wikidata | 27,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 19in Spain | 12th of 18in France |
| Population | 2.7 millionWikidata, 2024 | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 19in Spain | 9th of 18in France |
| Density | 91 per km² | 125 per km² |
| Capital | – | Rennes |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 44°N | 47°N to 49°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 29,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 27,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,300 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 Galicia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders. The outline of Brittany 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