Hauts-de-France is 1.16× the size of Alagoas

Hauts-de-France (region of France) covers about 32,000 km² (12,400 mi²) and Alagoas (state of Brazil) about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

32,000km²Hauts-de-France
27,600km²Alagoas

100 km

Hauts-de-France
Alagoas

What fits

Alagoas is 86% of the size of Hauts-de-France.
Hauts-de-France is larger by 4,370 km² (1,690 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Alagoas.
Measured in Belgiums: Hauts-de-France is about 1.04, Alagoas about 0.90.

How they differ

Hauts-de-France also has the larger population: 6.0 million against 3.1 million, 1.92× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 188 in Hauts-de-France against 113 in Alagoas: Hauts-de-France is 1.66× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,640 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hauts-de-France at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Hauts-de-France as 2.72× the size of Alagoas instead of 1.16×.
Together Hauts-de-France and Alagoas cover 59,600 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 4.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,370 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Alagoas's density, Hauts-de-France would have 3.6 million people (it has 6.0 million). At Hauts-de-France's density, Alagoas would have 5.2 million (it has 3.1 million).
Hauts-de-France's centre is 59.5° of latitude, about 6,610 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
Hauts-de-France is the 9th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Hauts-de-France lies about 59° of latitude (roughly 6,610 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hauts-de-France would have about 5,330 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
Laid side by side, Hauts-de-France and Alagoas would cover 59,600 km², 1.05× the size of Togo.
Together they have 9.1 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.

Side by side

	Hauts-de-France	Alagoas
Is a	RegionFrance	StateBrazil
Area, measured	32,000 km²12,400 mi²	27,600 km²10,700 mi²
Official area	31,800 km²Wikidata	27,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 18in France	25th of 27in Brazil
Population	6.0 millionWikidata, 2022	3.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	5th of 18in France	19th of 27in Brazil
Density	188 per km²	113 per km²
Capital	Lille	Maceió
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	11°S to 9°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 31,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 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 Hauts-de-France 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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