Kerala is 1.20× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Kerala (state of India) covers about 37,700 km² (14,600 mi²) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

37,700km²Kerala
31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

100 km

Kerala
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

What fits

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 83% of the size of Kerala.
Kerala is larger by 6,380 km² (2,460 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Measured in Belgiums: Kerala is about 1.23, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 1.02.

How they differ

Kerala also has the larger population: 33.4 million against 5.2 million, 6.46× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 886 in Kerala against 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: Kerala is 5.37× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,640 km apart.
On a standard web map Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur looks larger than Kerala: Kerala at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur as 1.55× the size of Kerala, when Kerala is 1.20× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Together Kerala and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur cover 69,100 km², close to the size of Ireland (69,400 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,380 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Kerala would have 6.2 million people (it has 33.4 million). At Kerala's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 27.8 million (it has 5.2 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 33.5° of latitude, about 3,730 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.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,730 km) north of Kerala.
Shared out evenly, each person in Kerala would have about 1,130 m² and each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 6,060 m².
Laid side by side, Kerala and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would cover 69,100 km², about the same size as Ireland.
Together they have 38.6 million people, about as many people as Iraq.

Side by side

	Kerala	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Is a	StateIndia	RegionFrance
Area, measured	37,700 km²14,600 mi²	31,300 km²12,100 mi²
Official area	38,900 km²Wikidata	31,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	23rd of 36in India	10th of 18in France
Population	33.4 millionWikidata, 2011	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	13th of 36in India	7th of 18in France
Density	886 per km²	165 per km²
Capital	Thiruvananthapuram	Marseille
Latitude range	8°N to 13°N	43°N to 45°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 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 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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