Normandy and Lesotho are almost exactly the same size
Normandy (region of France) covers about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²) and Lesotho (Africa) about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 30,100km²Normandy
- 30,100km²Lesotho
50 km
- Normandy
- Lesotho
What fits
- Lesotho is 100% of the size of Normandy.
- The measured areas differ by 25.9 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Normandy is about 0.98, Lesotho about 0.98.
How they differ
- Normandy also has the larger population: 3.3 million against 2.0 million, 1.66× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 111 in Normandy against 67 in Lesotho: Normandy is 1.66× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,180 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Normandy at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Lesotho at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Normandy as 1.77× the size of Lesotho instead of 1.00×.
- Together Normandy and Lesotho cover 60,200 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 5.6% smaller).
- At Lesotho's density, Normandy would have 2.0 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Normandy's density, Lesotho would have 3.3 million (it has 2.0 million).
- Normandy's centre is 78.7° of latitude, about 8,750 km, farther north than Lesotho'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.
- Lesotho ranks 142nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Normandy lies about 79° of latitude (roughly 8,750 km) north of Lesotho, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Normandy would have about 9,020 m² and each person in Lesotho about 15,000 m².
- Laid side by side, Normandy and Lesotho would cover 60,200 km², 1.06× the size of Togo.
- Together they have 5.3 million people, about as many people as New Zealand.
- Counted as a country, Normandy would rank 141st by area and 136th by population.
Side by side
| Normandy | Lesotho | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² |
| Official area | 29,900 km²Wikidata | 30,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 11th of 18in France | 141st of 239worldwide |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2016 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 18in France | 148th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 111 per km² | 67 per km² |
| Capital | Rouen | Maseru |
| Latitude range | 48°N to 50°N | 31°S to 29°S |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2016. 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 30,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 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 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