Hainan is 1.08× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Hainan (province of China) covers about 33,800 km² (13,100 mi²) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

33,800km²Hainan
31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

50 km

Hainan
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

What fits

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 93% of the size of Hainan.
Hainan is larger by 2,500 km² (963 mi²), which is 8.0% of the area of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Measured in Belgiums: Hainan is about 1.10, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 1.02.

How they differ

Hainan also has the larger population: 10.1 million against 5.2 million, 1.95× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 298 in Hainan against 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: Hainan is 1.81× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,580 km apart.
On a standard web map Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur looks larger than Hainan: Hainan at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur as 1.59× the size of Hainan, when Hainan is 1.08× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Together Hainan and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur cover 65,200 km², close to the size of Lithuania (64,900 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,500 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Hainan would have 5.6 million people (it has 10.1 million). At Hainan's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 9.3 million (it has 5.2 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 24.8° of latitude, about 2,750 km, farther north than Hainan's.
Hainan is the 28th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,750 km) north of Hainan.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hainan would have about 3,360 m² and each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 6,060 m².
Laid side by side, Hainan and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would cover 65,200 km², about the same size as Lithuania.
Together they have 15.3 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

	Hainan	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Is a	ProvinceChina	RegionFrance
Area, measured	33,800 km²13,100 mi²	31,300 km²12,100 mi²
Official area	33,900 km²Wikidata	31,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	28th of 31in China	10th of 18in France
Population	10.1 millionWikidata, 2020	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	28th of 31in China	7th of 18in France
Density	298 per km²	165 per km²
Capital	Haikou	Marseille
Latitude range	18°N to 20°N	43°N to 45°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 33,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 33,800 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 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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