Guinea-Bissau is 1.02× the size of Pays de la Loire

Guinea-Bissau (Africa) covers about 32,800 km² (12,700 mi²) and Pays de la Loire (region of France) about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

32,800km²Guinea-Bissau
32,100km²Pays de la Loire

100 km

Guinea-Bissau
Pays de la Loire

What fits

Pays de la Loire is 98% of the size of Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau is larger by 697 km² (269 mi²), which is 2.2% of the area of Pays de la Loire.
Measured in Belgiums: Guinea-Bissau is about 1.07, Pays de la Loire about 1.05.

How they differ

Guinea-Bissau is larger, but Pays de la Loire has the larger population: 3.9 million against 1.9 million, 2.08× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 121 in Pays de la Loire against 57 in Guinea-Bissau: Pays de la Loire is 2.13× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,160 km apart.
On a standard web map Pays de la Loire looks larger than Guinea-Bissau: Guinea-Bissau at 12°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Pays de la Loire at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Pays de la Loire as 2.05× the size of Guinea-Bissau, when Guinea-Bissau is 1.02× the size of Pays de la Loire.
Together Guinea-Bissau and Pays de la Loire cover 65,000 km², close to the size of Lithuania (64,900 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 697 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
At Pays de la Loire's density, Guinea-Bissau would have 4.0 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Guinea-Bissau's density, Pays de la Loire would have 1.8 million (it has 3.9 million).
Pays de la Loire's centre is 35.5° of latitude, about 3,940 km, farther north than Guinea-Bissau's.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 140th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Pays de la Loire is the 8th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Pays de la Loire lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,940 km) north of Guinea-Bissau.
Shared out evenly, each person in Guinea-Bissau would have about 17,640 m² and each person in Pays de la Loire about 8,280 m².
Laid side by side, Guinea-Bissau and Pays de la Loire would cover 65,000 km², about the same size as Lithuania.
Together they have 5.7 million people, about as many people as Denmark.
Counted as a country, Pays de la Loire would rank 140th by area and 131st by population.

Side by side

	Guinea-Bissau	Pays de la Loire
Is a	CountryAfrica	RegionFrance
Area, measured	32,800 km²12,700 mi²	32,100 km²12,400 mi²
Official area	36,100 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	139th of 239worldwide	8th of 18in France
Population	1.9 millionWikidata, 2017	3.9 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	149th of 237worldwide	8th of 18in France
Density	57 per km²	121 per km²
Capital	Bissau	Nantes
Latitude range	11°N to 13°N	46°N to 49°N

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 32,800 km² is 9.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 36,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Pays de la Loire 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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