Hauts-de-France is 1.05× the size of Guanajuato

Hauts-de-France (region of France) covers about 32,000 km² (12,400 mi²) and Guanajuato (state of Mexico) about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

32,000km²Hauts-de-France
30,400km²Guanajuato

50 km

Hauts-de-France
Guanajuato

What fits

Guanajuato is 95% of the size of Hauts-de-France.
Hauts-de-France is larger by 1,570 km² (605 mi²), which is 5.2% of the area of Guanajuato.
Measured in Belgiums: Hauts-de-France is about 1.04, Guanajuato about 0.99.

How they differ

Hauts-de-France also has the larger population: 6.0 million against 5.9 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 188 in Hauts-de-France: Guanajuato is 1.03× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,180 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hauts-de-France at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Guanajuato at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Hauts-de-France as 2.22× the size of Guanajuato instead of 1.05×.
Together Hauts-de-France and Guanajuato cover 62,400 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 3.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,570 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Guanajuato's density, Hauts-de-France would have 6.2 million people (it has 6.0 million). At Hauts-de-France's density, Guanajuato would have 5.7 million (it has 5.9 million).
Hauts-de-France's centre is 29.1° of latitude, about 3,230 km, farther north than Guanajuato'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.
Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Hauts-de-France lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,230 km) north of Guanajuato.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hauts-de-France would have about 5,330 m² and each person in Guanajuato about 5,200 m².
Laid side by side, Hauts-de-France and Guanajuato would cover 62,400 km², 97% of the size of Latvia.
Together they have 11.9 million people, about as many people as Belgium.

Side by side

	Hauts-de-France	Guanajuato
Is a	RegionFrance	StateMexico
Area, measured	32,000 km²12,400 mi²	30,400 km²11,700 mi²
Official area	31,800 km²Wikidata	30,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 18in France	22nd of 32in Mexico
Population	6.0 millionWikidata, 2022	5.9 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	5th of 18in France	6th of 32in Mexico
Density	188 per km²	192 per km²
Capital	Lille	Guanajuato
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	20°N to 22°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. 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 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 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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