Guanajuato is 1.01× the size of Normandy

Guanajuato (state of Mexico) covers about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²) and Normandy (region of France) about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,400km²Guanajuato
30,100km²Normandy

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Guanajuato
Normandy

What fits

Normandy is 99% of the size of Guanajuato.
Guanajuato is larger by 287 km² (111 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Normandy.
Measured in Belgiums: Guanajuato is about 0.99, Normandy about 0.98.

How they differ

Guanajuato also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 3.3 million, 1.75× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 111 in Normandy: Guanajuato is 1.74× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,040 km apart.
On a standard web map Normandy looks larger than Guanajuato: Guanajuato at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Normandy at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Normandy as 2.02× the size of Guanajuato, when Guanajuato is 1.01× the size of Normandy.
Together Guanajuato and Normandy cover 60,600 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 6.1% smaller).
At Normandy's density, Guanajuato would have 3.4 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Guanajuato's density, Normandy would have 5.8 million (it has 3.3 million).
Normandy's centre is 28.2° of latitude, about 3,140 km, farther north than Guanajuato's.
Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Normandy is the 11th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Normandy lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,140 km) north of Guanajuato.
Shared out evenly, each person in Guanajuato would have about 5,200 m² and each person in Normandy about 9,020 m².
Laid side by side, Guanajuato and Normandy would cover 60,600 km², 1.06× the size of Togo.
Together they have 9.2 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.

Side by side

	Guanajuato	Normandy
Is a	StateMexico	RegionFrance
Area, measured	30,400 km²11,700 mi²	30,100 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	30,600 km²Wikidata	29,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	22nd of 32in Mexico	11th of 18in France
Population	5.9 millionWikidata, 2015	3.3 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	6th of 32in Mexico	10th of 18in France
Density	192 per km²	111 per km²
Capital	Guanajuato	Rouen
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	48°N to 50°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 29,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 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 Normandy 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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