Grand Est is 1.04× the size of Himachal Pradesh

Grand Est (region of France) covers about 57,400 km² (22,200 mi²) and Himachal Pradesh (state of India) about 55,400 km² (21,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

57,400km²Grand Est
55,400km²Himachal Pradesh

100 km

Grand Est
Himachal Pradesh

What fits

Himachal Pradesh is 97% of the size of Grand Est.
Grand Est is larger by 1,980 km² (765 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Himachal Pradesh.
Measured in Belgiums: Grand Est is about 1.87, Himachal Pradesh about 1.81.

How they differ

Grand Est is larger, but Himachal Pradesh has the larger population: 6.9 million against 5.6 million, 1.23× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 124 in Himachal Pradesh against 97 in Grand Est: Himachal Pradesh is 1.28× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,110 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Grand Est at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Himachal Pradesh at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Grand Est as 1.71× the size of Himachal Pradesh instead of 1.04×.
Together Grand Est and Himachal Pradesh cover 113,000 km², close to the size of Bulgaria (113,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,980 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Himachal Pradesh's density, Grand Est would have 7.1 million people (it has 5.6 million). At Grand Est's density, Himachal Pradesh would have 5.4 million (it has 6.9 million).
Grand Est's centre is 16.7° of latitude, about 1,860 km, farther north than Himachal Pradesh's.
Grand Est is the 5th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 9.0% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
Himachal Pradesh is the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Grand Est lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,860 km) north of Himachal Pradesh.
Shared out evenly, each person in Grand Est would have about 10,320 m² and each person in Himachal Pradesh about 8,070 m².
Laid side by side, Grand Est and Himachal Pradesh would cover 113,000 km², about the same size as Bulgaria.
Together they have 12.4 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.

Side by side

	Grand Est	Himachal Pradesh
Is a	RegionFrance	StateIndia
Area, measured	57,400 km²22,200 mi²	55,400 km²21,400 mi²
Official area	57,400 km²Wikidata	55,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 18in France	18th of 36in India
Population	5.6 millionWikidata, 2022	6.9 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	6th of 18in France	22nd of 36in India
Density	97 per km²	124 per km²
Capital	Strasbourg	Shimla
Latitude range	47°N to 50°N	30°N to 33°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 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 Grand Est 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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