Missouri is 2.46× the size of Occitania
Missouri (state of the United States) covers about 180,000 km² (69,700 mi²) and Occitania (region of France) about 73,500 km² (28,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 180,000km²Missouri
- 73,500km²Occitania
100 km
- Missouri
- Occitania
What fits
- Occitania fits inside Missouri about 2.46 times by area.
- Missouri is larger by 107,000 km² (41,300 mi²), which is 146% of the area of Occitania.
- Measured in Belgiums: Missouri is about 5.88, Occitania about 2.40.
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 83 in Occitania against 34 in Missouri: Occitania is 2.43× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Missouri at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Occitania at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Missouri as 2.09× the size of Occitania instead of 2.46×.
- Together Missouri and Occitania cover 254,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 107,000 km², is about the size of Guatemala (109,000 km²).
- At Occitania's density, Missouri would have 14.9 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Missouri's density, Occitania would have 2.5 million (it has 6.1 million).
- Occitania's centre is 5.3° of latitude, about 590 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.
- Occitania is the 3rd largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 12% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Occitania lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 594 km) north of Missouri.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Missouri would have about 29,320 m² and each person in Occitania about 12,090 m².
- Laid side by side, Missouri and Occitania would cover 254,000 km², about the same size as Ecuador.
- Together they have 12.2 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
Side by side
| Missouri | Occitania | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 180,000 km²69,700 mi² | 73,500 km²28,400 mi² |
| Official area | 181,000 km²Wikidata | 72,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 51in the United States | 3rd of 18in France |
| Population | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2020 | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 51in the United States | 4th of 18in France |
| Density | 34 per km² | 83 per km² |
| Capital | Jefferson City | Toulouse |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 41°N | 42°N to 45°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 72,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,500 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 Occitania 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