New York is 1.61× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

• Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 62% of the size of New York.
• New York is larger by 51,900 km² (20,100 mi²), which is 61% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
• Measured in Belgiums: New York is about 4.46, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

• New York also has the larger population: 20.2 million against 6.1 million, 3.30× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 148 in New York against 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: New York is 2.05× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,830 km apart.
• Together New York and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 222,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 2.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 51,900 km², is about the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km²).
• At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, New York would have 9.8 million people (it has 20.2 million). At New York's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 12.5 million (it has 6.1 million).
• Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 2.2° of latitude, about 240 km, farther north than New York's.
• New York is the 28th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 8th 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 2° of latitude (roughly 244 km) north of New York.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New York would have about 6,780 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
• Laid side by side, New York and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 222,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
• Together they have 26.3 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 137,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 141,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 km², to within 2%.

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