Hauts-de-France is 1.06× the size of Brandenburg

Hauts-de-France (region of France) covers about 32,000 km² (12,400 mi²) and Brandenburg (state of Germany) about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

32,000km²Hauts-de-France
30,000km²Brandenburg

50 km

Hauts-de-France
Brandenburg

What fits

Brandenburg is 94% of the size of Hauts-de-France.
Hauts-de-France is larger by 1,950 km² (753 mi²), which is 6.5% of the area of Brandenburg.
Measured in Belgiums: Hauts-de-France is about 1.04, Brandenburg about 0.98.

How they differ

Hauts-de-France also has the larger population: 6.0 million against 2.5 million, 2.37× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 188 in Hauts-de-France against 84 in Brandenburg: Hauts-de-France is 2.22× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 790 km apart.
On a standard web map Brandenburg looks larger than Hauts-de-France: Hauts-de-France at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Brandenburg at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 1.05× the size of Hauts-de-France, when Hauts-de-France is 1.06× the size of Brandenburg.
Together Hauts-de-France and Brandenburg cover 62,000 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 4.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,950 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Brandenburg's density, Hauts-de-France would have 2.7 million people (it has 6.0 million). At Hauts-de-France's density, Brandenburg would have 5.6 million (it has 2.5 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 2.5° of latitude, about 280 km, farther north than Hauts-de-France'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.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 278 km) north of Hauts-de-France.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hauts-de-France would have about 5,330 m² and each person in Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
Laid side by side, Hauts-de-France and Brandenburg would cover 62,000 km², 96% of the size of Latvia.
Together they have 8.5 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Hauts-de-France	Brandenburg
Is a	RegionFrance	StateGermany
Area, measured	32,000 km²12,400 mi²	30,000 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	31,800 km²Wikidata	29,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 18in France	5th of 16in Germany
Population	6.0 millionWikidata, 2022	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	5th of 18in France	10th of 16in Germany
Density	188 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Lille	Potsdam
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	51°N to 54°N

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 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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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