Missouri is 2.12× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Missouri (state of the United States) covers about 180,000 km² (69,700 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.
- 180,000km²Missouri
- 85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine
100 km
- Missouri
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
What fits
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine fits inside Missouri about 2.12 times by area.
- Missouri is larger by 95,500 km² (36,900 mi²), which is 112% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- Measured in Belgiums: Missouri is about 5.88, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.
How they differ
- Missouri also has the larger population: 6.2 million against 6.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine against 34 in Missouri: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 2.11× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,280 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Missouri at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Missouri as 1.72× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine instead of 2.12×.
- Together Missouri and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 265,000 km², close to the size of New Zealand (268,000 km², 1.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 95,500 km², is about the size of Liberia (95,300 km²).
- At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Missouri would have 13.0 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Missouri's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 2.9 million (it has 6.1 million).
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 6.8° of latitude, about 760 km, farther north than Missouri's.
- Missouri is the 20th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 29th 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 7° of latitude (roughly 759 km) north of Missouri.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Missouri would have about 29,320 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
- Laid side by side, Missouri and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 265,000 km², about the same size as New Zealand.
- Together they have 12.3 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
Side by side
| Missouri | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 180,000 km²69,700 mi² | 85,000 km²32,800 mi² |
| Official area | 181,000 km²Wikidata | 84,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 51in the United States | 1st of 18in France |
| Population | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2020 | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 51in the United States | 3rd of 18in France |
| Density | 34 per km² | 72 per km² |
| Capital | Jefferson City | Bordeaux |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 41°N | 43°N to 47°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 181,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 180,000 km², to within 2%.
- 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