Netherlands is 1.15× the size of Pays de la Loire

Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²) and Pays de la Loire (region of France) about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

37,100km²Netherlands
32,100km²Pays de la Loire

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Netherlands
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What fits

Pays de la Loire is 87% of the size of Netherlands.
Netherlands is larger by 4,970 km² (1,920 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Pays de la Loire.
Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Pays de la Loire about 1.05.

How they differ

Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 3.9 million, 4.63× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 121 in Pays de la Loire: Netherlands is 3.97× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 701 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Netherlands at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Pays de la Loire at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Netherlands as 1.41× the size of Pays de la Loire instead of 1.15×.
Together Netherlands and Pays de la Loire cover 69,200 km², close to the size of Ireland (69,400 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,970 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Pays de la Loire's density, Netherlands would have 4.5 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Pays de la Loire would have 15.4 million (it has 3.9 million).
Netherlands's centre is 4.8° of latitude, about 530 km, farther north than Pays de la Loire's.
Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Pays de la Loire is the 8th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Netherlands lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 532 km) north of Pays de la Loire.
Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Pays de la Loire about 8,280 m².
Laid side by side, Netherlands and Pays de la Loire would cover 69,200 km², about the same size as Ireland.
Together they have 21.8 million people, about as many people as Niger.
Counted as a country, Pays de la Loire would rank 140th by area and 131st by population.

Side by side

	Netherlands	Pays de la Loire
Is a	CountryEurope	RegionFrance
Area, measured	37,100 km²14,300 mi²	32,100 km²12,400 mi²
Official area	37,400 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	136th of 239worldwide	8th of 18in France
Population	17.9 millionWikidata, 2024	3.9 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	67th of 237worldwide	8th of 18in France
Density	480 per km²	121 per km²
Capital	Amsterdam	Nantes
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	46°N to 49°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 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. The outline of Pays de la Loire 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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