North Carolina is 1.50× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

North Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 128,000 km² (49,300 mi²) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

128,000km²North Carolina
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

200 km

North Carolina
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 67% of the size of North Carolina.
North Carolina is larger by 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²), which is 50% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: North Carolina is about 4.16, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

North Carolina also has the larger population: 10.4 million against 6.1 million, 1.71× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 82 in North Carolina against 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: North Carolina is 1.14× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,550 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Carolina at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows North Carolina as 1.13× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine instead of 1.50×.
Together North Carolina and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 213,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 42,700 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, North Carolina would have 9.2 million people (it has 10.4 million). At North Carolina's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 6.9 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 9.6° of latitude, about 1,070 km, farther north than North Carolina's.
North Carolina is the 30th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 16th 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 10° of latitude (roughly 1,070 km) north of North Carolina.
Shared out evenly, each person in North Carolina would have about 12,230 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, North Carolina and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 213,000 km², about the same size as Guyana.
Together they have 16.6 million people, about as many people as Senegal.

Side by side

	North Carolina	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	StateUnited States	RegionFrance
Area, measured	128,000 km²49,300 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	139,000 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	30th of 51in the United States	1st of 18in France
Population	10.4 millionWikidata, 2020	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	9th of 51in the United States	3rd of 18in France
Density	82 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Raleigh	Bordeaux
Latitude range	34°N to 37°N	43°N to 47°N

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

Our measured 128,000 km² is 8.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 139,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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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