Kentucky is 1.23× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Kentucky (state of the United States) covers about 105,000 km² (40,400 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.

105,000km²Kentucky
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

200 km

Kentucky
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 81% of the size of Kentucky.
Kentucky is larger by 19,600 km² (7,560 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Kentucky is about 3.41, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Kentucky is larger, but Nouvelle-Aquitaine has the larger population: 6.1 million against 4.5 million, 1.36× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine against 43 in Kentucky: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 1.67× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,850 km apart.
On a standard web map Nouvelle-Aquitaine looks larger than Kentucky: Kentucky at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Nouvelle-Aquitaine as 1.03× the size of Kentucky, when Kentucky is 1.23× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Together Kentucky and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 190,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 1.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 19,600 km², is about the size of Fiji (18,900 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Kentucky would have 7.5 million people (it has 4.5 million). At Kentucky's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 3.7 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 7.6° of latitude, about 850 km, farther north than Kentucky's.
Kentucky is the 36th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd 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 8° of latitude (roughly 850 km) north of Kentucky.
Shared out evenly, each person in Kentucky would have about 23,210 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Kentucky and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 190,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
Together they have 10.6 million people, about as many people as Sweden.

Side by side

	Kentucky	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	StateUnited States	RegionFrance
Area, measured	105,000 km²40,400 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	105,000 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	36th of 51in the United States	1st of 18in France
Population	4.5 millionWikidata, 2020	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	26th of 51in the United States	3rd of 18in France
Density	43 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Frankfort	Bordeaux
Latitude range	36°N to 39°N	43°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 105,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 105,000 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

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