Kerala is 1.17× the size of Pays de la Loire
Kerala (state of India) covers about 37,700 km² (14,600 mi²) and Pays de la Loire (region of France) about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 37,700km²Kerala
- 32,100km²Pays de la Loire
100 km
- Kerala
- Pays de la Loire
What fits
- Pays de la Loire is 85% of the size of Kerala.
- Kerala is larger by 5,590 km² (2,160 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Pays de la Loire.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kerala is about 1.23, Pays de la Loire about 1.05.
How they differ
- Kerala also has the larger population: 33.4 million against 3.9 million, 8.61× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 886 in Kerala against 121 in Pays de la Loire: Kerala is 7.34× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,200 km apart.
- On a standard web map Pays de la Loire looks larger than Kerala: Kerala at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Pays de la Loire at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Pays de la Loire as 1.80× the size of Kerala, when Kerala is 1.17× the size of Pays de la Loire.
- Together Kerala and Pays de la Loire cover 69,900 km², close to the size of Georgia (69,600 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 5,590 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
- At Pays de la Loire's density, Kerala would have 4.6 million people (it has 33.4 million). At Kerala's density, Pays de la Loire would have 28.5 million (it has 3.9 million).
- Pays de la Loire's centre is 37.1° of latitude, about 4,120 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.
- Pays de la Loire is the 8th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Pays de la Loire lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,120 km) north of Kerala.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kerala would have about 1,130 m² and each person in Pays de la Loire about 8,280 m².
- Laid side by side, Kerala and Pays de la Loire would cover 69,900 km², about the same size as Georgia.
- Together they have 37.3 million people, about as many people as Poland.
Side by side
| Kerala | Pays de la Loire | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 37,700 km²14,600 mi² | 32,100 km²12,400 mi² |
| Official area | 38,900 km²Wikidata | 32,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 23rd of 36in India | 8th of 18in France |
| Population | 33.4 millionWikidata, 2011 | 3.9 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 13th of 36in India | 8th of 18in France |
| Density | 886 per km² | 121 per km² |
| Capital | Thiruvananthapuram | Nantes |
| Latitude range | 8°N to 13°N | 46°N to 49°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 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 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 Pays de la Loire 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