Kerala is 1.25× the size of Normandy
Kerala (state of India) covers about 37,700 km² (14,600 mi²) and Normandy (region of France) about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 37,700km²Kerala
- 30,100km²Normandy
100 km
- Kerala
- Normandy
What fits
- Normandy is 80% of the size of Kerala.
- Kerala is larger by 7,590 km² (2,930 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Normandy.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kerala is about 1.23, Normandy about 0.98.
How they differ
- Kerala also has the larger population: 33.4 million against 3.3 million, 10.0× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 886 in Kerala against 111 in Normandy: Kerala is 7.99× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,140 km apart.
- On a standard web map Normandy looks larger than Kerala: Kerala at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Normandy at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Normandy as 1.80× the size of Kerala, when Kerala is 1.25× the size of Normandy.
- Together Kerala and Normandy cover 67,900 km², close to the size of Ireland (69,400 km², 2.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 7,590 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Normandy's density, Kerala would have 4.2 million people (it has 33.4 million). At Kerala's density, Normandy would have 26.7 million (it has 3.3 million).
- Normandy's centre is 38.7° of latitude, about 4,300 km, farther north than Kerala's.
- Kerala is the 23rd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Normandy is the 11th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Normandy lies about 39° of latitude (roughly 4,300 km) north of Kerala.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kerala would have about 1,130 m² and each person in Normandy about 9,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Kerala and Normandy would cover 67,900 km², about the same size as Ireland.
- Together they have 36.7 million people, about as many people as Angola.
Side by side
| Kerala | Normandy | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 37,700 km²14,600 mi² | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² |
| Official area | 38,900 km²Wikidata | 29,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 23rd of 36in India | 11th of 18in France |
| Population | 33.4 millionWikidata, 2011 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 13th of 36in India | 10th of 18in France |
| Density | 886 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Thiruvananthapuram | Rouen |
| Latitude range | 8°N to 13°N | 48°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 37,700 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 38,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 29,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 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 Normandy 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