Louisiana is 1.41× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Louisiana (state of the United States) covers about 120,000 km² (46,200 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.

120,000km²Louisiana
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

100 km

Louisiana
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 71% of the size of Louisiana.
Louisiana is larger by 34,600 km² (13,300 mi²), which is 41% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Louisiana is about 3.90, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Louisiana is larger, but Nouvelle-Aquitaine has the larger population: 6.1 million against 4.7 million, 1.31× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine against 39 in Louisiana: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 1.85× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,780 km apart.
On a standard web map Nouvelle-Aquitaine looks larger than Louisiana: Louisiana at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Nouvelle-Aquitaine as 1.05× the size of Louisiana, when Louisiana is 1.41× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Together Louisiana and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 205,000 km², close to the size of Belarus (207,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 34,600 km², is about the size of Moldova (33,200 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Louisiana would have 8.6 million people (it has 4.7 million). At Louisiana's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 3.3 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 14.1° of latitude, about 1,570 km, farther north than Louisiana'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.
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 14° of latitude (roughly 1,570 km) north of Louisiana.
Shared out evenly, each person in Louisiana would have about 25,670 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Louisiana and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 205,000 km², about the same size as Belarus.
Together they have 10.8 million people, about as many people as Dominican Republic.

Side by side

	Louisiana	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	StateUnited States	RegionFrance
Area, measured	120,000 km²46,200 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	135,000 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	32nd of 51in the United States	1st of 18in France
Population	4.7 millionWikidata, 2020	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	25th of 51in the United States	3rd of 18in France
Density	39 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Baton Rouge	Bordeaux
Latitude range	29°N to 33°N	43°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 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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