Louisiana is 1.09× the size of Cuba
Louisiana (state of the United States) covers about 120,000 km² (46,200 mi²) and Cuba (North America) about 110,000 km² (42,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 120,000km²Louisiana
- 110,000km²Cuba
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- Louisiana
- Cuba
What fits
- Cuba is 92% of the size of Louisiana.
- Louisiana is larger by 9,620 km² (3,710 mi²), which is 8.8% of the area of Cuba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Louisiana is about 3.90, Cuba about 3.58.
How they differ
- Louisiana is larger, but Cuba has the larger population: 11.0 million against 4.7 million, 2.36× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 100 in Cuba against 39 in Louisiana: Cuba is 2.57× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,660 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Louisiana at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Cuba at 22°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Louisiana as 1.28× the size of Cuba instead of 1.09×.
- Together Louisiana and Cuba cover 229,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 9,620 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Cuba's density, Louisiana would have 11.9 million people (it has 4.7 million). At Louisiana's density, Cuba would have 4.3 million (it has 11.0 million).
- Louisiana's centre is 9.4° of latitude, about 1,050 km, farther north than Cuba's.
- Louisiana is the 32nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
- Cuba ranks 106th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Louisiana lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,050 km) north of Cuba.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Louisiana would have about 25,670 m² and each person in Cuba about 10,010 m².
- Laid side by side, Louisiana and Cuba would cover 229,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
- Together they have 15.6 million people, 1.03× as many people as Zimbabwe.
- Counted as a country, Louisiana would rank 101st by area and 128th by population.
Side by side
| Louisiana | Cuba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | CountryNorth America |
| Area, measured | 120,000 km²46,200 mi² | 110,000 km²42,400 mi² |
| Official area | 135,000 km²Wikidata | 110,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 32nd of 51in the United States | 105th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 4.7 millionWikidata, 2020 | 11.0 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 25th of 51in the United States | 83rd of 237worldwide |
| Density | 39 per km² | 100 per km² |
| Capital | Baton Rouge | Havana |
| Latitude range | 29°N to 33°N | 20°N to 23°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 120,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 135,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 110,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 110,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- 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