Henan is 1.95× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Henan (province of China) covers about 166,000 km² (64,100 mi²) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 166,000km²Henan
- 85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine
100 km
- Henan
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
What fits
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 51% of the size of Henan.
- Henan is larger by 81,200 km² (31,300 mi²), which is 95% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- Measured in Belgiums: Henan is about 5.42, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.
How they differ
- Henan also has the larger population: 99.4 million against 6.1 million, 16.3× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 598 in Henan against 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Henan is 8.31× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,970 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Henan at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Henan as 1.41× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine instead of 1.95×.
- Together Henan and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 251,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 81,200 km², is about the size of Czechia (78,800 km²).
- At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Henan would have 12.0 million people (it has 99.4 million). At Henan's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 50.8 million (it has 6.1 million).
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 11.3° of latitude, about 1,260 km, farther north than Henan's.
- Henan is the 18th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,260 km) north of Henan.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Henan would have about 1,670 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
- Laid side by side, Henan and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 251,000 km², about the same size as Ecuador.
- Together they have 105.5 million people, about as many people as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Side by side
| Henan | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceChina | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 166,000 km²64,100 mi² | 85,000 km²32,800 mi² |
| Official area | 167,000 km²Wikidata | 84,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 18th of 31in China | 1st of 18in France |
| Population | 99.4 millionWikidata, 2020 | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 3rd of 31in China | 3rd of 18in France |
| Density | 598 per km² | 72 per km² |
| Capital | Zhengzhou | Bordeaux |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 36°N | 43°N to 47°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 167,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 166,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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