Grand Est is 1.09× the size of Rio Grande do Norte

Grand Est (region of France) covers about 57,400 km² (22,200 mi²) and Rio Grande do Norte (state of Brazil) about 52,800 km² (20,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

57,400km²Grand Est
52,800km²Rio Grande do Norte

200 km

Grand Est
Rio Grande do Norte

What fits

Rio Grande do Norte is 92% of the size of Grand Est.
Grand Est is larger by 4,570 km² (1,760 mi²), which is 8.6% of the area of Rio Grande do Norte.
Measured in Belgiums: Grand Est is about 1.87, Rio Grande do Norte about 1.72.

How they differ

Grand Est also has the larger population: 5.6 million against 3.3 million, 1.68× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 97 in Grand Est against 63 in Rio Grande do Norte: Grand Est is 1.55× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,320 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Grand Est at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Grand Est as 2.47× the size of Rio Grande do Norte instead of 1.09×.
Together Grand Est and Rio Grande do Norte cover 110,000 km², close to the size of Cuba (110,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,570 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Grand Est would have 3.6 million people (it has 5.6 million). At Grand Est's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 5.1 million (it has 3.3 million).
Grand Est's centre is 54.5° of latitude, about 6,060 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Norte'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.
Rio Grande do Norte is the 22nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Grand Est lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,060 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Grand Est would have about 10,320 m² and each person in Rio Grande do Norte about 15,990 m².
Laid side by side, Grand Est and Rio Grande do Norte would cover 110,000 km², about the same size as Cuba.
Together they have 8.9 million people, about as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

	Grand Est	Rio Grande do Norte
Is a	RegionFrance	StateBrazil
Area, measured	57,400 km²22,200 mi²	52,800 km²20,400 mi²
Official area	57,400 km²Wikidata	53,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 18in France	22nd of 27in Brazil
Population	5.6 millionWikidata, 2022	3.3 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	6th of 18in France	17th of 27in Brazil
Density	97 per km²	63 per km²
Capital	Strasbourg	Natal
Latitude range	47°N to 50°N	7°S to 1°N

Population: Wikidata 2022. 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 53,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,800 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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