Normandy and Brandenburg are almost exactly the same size
Normandy (region of France) covers about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²) and Brandenburg (state of Germany) about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 30,100km²Normandy
- 30,000km²Brandenburg
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- Normandy
- Brandenburg
What fits
- Brandenburg is 100% of the size of Normandy.
- The measured areas differ by 94.8 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Normandy is about 0.98, Brandenburg about 0.98.
How they differ
- Normandy also has the larger population: 3.3 million against 2.5 million, 1.32× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 111 in Normandy against 84 in Brandenburg: Normandy is 1.31× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,000 km apart.
- On a standard web map Brandenburg looks larger than Normandy: Normandy at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Brandenburg at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 1.15× the size of Normandy, when Normandy is 1.00× the size of Brandenburg.
- Together Normandy and Brandenburg cover 60,200 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 5.5% smaller).
- At Brandenburg's density, Normandy would have 2.5 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Normandy's density, Brandenburg would have 3.3 million (it has 2.5 million).
- Brandenburg's centre is 3.3° of latitude, about 370 km, farther north than Normandy's.
- Normandy is the 11th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
- Brandenburg lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 372 km) north of Normandy.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Normandy would have about 9,020 m² and each person in Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
- Laid side by side, Normandy and Brandenburg would cover 60,200 km², 1.06× the size of Togo.
- Together they have 5.9 million people, about as many people as Denmark.
Side by side
| Normandy | Brandenburg | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² | 30,000 km²11,600 mi² |
| Official area | 29,900 km²Wikidata | 29,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 11th of 18in France | 5th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 | 2.5 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 18in France | 10th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 111 per km² | 84 per km² |
| Capital | Rouen | Potsdam |
| Latitude range | 48°N to 50°N | 51°N to 54°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 29,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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 Normandy 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