Hauts-de-France is 1.56× the size of El Salvador
Hauts-de-France (region of France) covers about 32,000 km² (12,400 mi²) and El Salvador (North America) about 20,500 km² (7,930 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 32,000km²Hauts-de-France
- 20,500km²El Salvador
50 km
- Hauts-de-France
- El Salvador
What fits
- El Salvador is 64% of the size of Hauts-de-France.
- Hauts-de-France is larger by 11,400 km² (4,420 mi²), which is 56% of the area of El Salvador.
- Measured in Belgiums: Hauts-de-France is about 1.04, El Salvador about 0.67.
How they differ
- Hauts-de-France is larger, but El Salvador has the larger population: 6.0 million against 6.0 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 294 in El Salvador against 188 in Hauts-de-France: El Salvador is 1.57× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,960 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hauts-de-France at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and El Salvador at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Hauts-de-France as 3.55× the size of El Salvador instead of 1.56×.
- Together Hauts-de-France and El Salvador cover 52,500 km², close to the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km², 1.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 11,400 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
- At El Salvador's density, Hauts-de-France would have 9.4 million people (it has 6.0 million). At Hauts-de-France's density, El Salvador would have 3.9 million (it has 6.0 million).
- Hauts-de-France's centre is 36.2° of latitude, about 4,030 km, farther north than El Salvador'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.
- El Salvador ranks 154th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Hauts-de-France lies about 36° of latitude (roughly 4,030 km) north of El Salvador.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Hauts-de-France would have about 5,330 m² and each person in El Salvador about 3,410 m².
- Laid side by side, Hauts-de-France and El Salvador would cover 52,500 km², about the same size as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Together they have 12.0 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
- Counted as a country, Hauts-de-France would rank 140th by area and 115th by population.
Side by side
| Hauts-de-France | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | CountryNorth America |
| Area, measured | 32,000 km²12,400 mi² | 20,500 km²7,930 mi² |
| Official area | 31,800 km²Wikidata | 21,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 18in France | 153rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 6.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 6.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 18in France | 114th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 188 per km² | 294 per km² |
| Capital | Lille | San Salvador |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 13°N to 14°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 31,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 20,500 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 21,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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 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