Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 1.03× the size of Chongqing
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) covers about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²) and Chongqing (municipality of China) about 82,400 km² (31,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 82,400km²Chongqing
100 km
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Chongqing
What fits
- Chongqing is 97% of the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine is larger by 2,630 km² (1,010 mi²), which is 3.2% of the area of Chongqing.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is about 2.77, Chongqing about 2.69.
How they differ
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine is larger, but Chongqing has the larger population: 32.1 million against 6.1 million, 5.24× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 389 in Chongqing against 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Chongqing is 5.41× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,920 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Chongqing at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Nouvelle-Aquitaine as 1.56× the size of Chongqing instead of 1.03×.
- Together Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Chongqing cover 167,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,630 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
- At Chongqing's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 33.1 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Chongqing would have 5.9 million (it has 32.1 million).
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 15.1° of latitude, about 1,680 km, farther north than Chongqing's.
- 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.
- Chongqing is the 26th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,680 km) north of Chongqing.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have about 13,900 m² and each person in Chongqing about 2,570 m².
- Laid side by side, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Chongqing would cover 167,000 km², 94% of the size of Uruguay.
- Together they have 38.2 million people, about as many people as Iraq.
Side by side
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Chongqing | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 85,000 km²32,800 mi² | 82,400 km²31,800 mi² |
| Official area | 84,100 km²Wikidata | 82,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 1st of 18in France | 26th of 31in China |
| Population | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 32.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 3rd of 18in France | 19th of 31in China |
| Density | 72 per km² | 389 per km² |
| Capital | Bordeaux | – |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 28°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 82,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 82,400 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