Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 1.06× the size of Jalisco

Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) covers about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²) and Jalisco (state of Mexico) about 80,000 km² (30,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine
80,000km²Jalisco

100 km

Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Jalisco

What fits

Jalisco is 94% of the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is larger by 4,990 km² (1,930 mi²), which is 6.2% of the area of Jalisco.
Measured in Belgiums: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is about 2.77, Jalisco about 2.61.

How they differ

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is larger, but Jalisco has the larger population: 7.8 million against 6.1 million, 1.28× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 98 in Jalisco against 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Jalisco is 1.36× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,420 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Jalisco at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Nouvelle-Aquitaine as 1.87× the size of Jalisco instead of 1.06×.
Together Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Jalisco cover 165,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,990 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Jalisco's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 8.3 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Jalisco would have 5.8 million (it has 7.8 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 24.6° of latitude, about 2,730 km, farther north than Jalisco'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.
Jalisco is the 6th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,730 km) north of Jalisco.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have about 13,900 m² and each person in Jalisco about 10,200 m².
Laid side by side, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Jalisco would cover 165,000 km², 1.05× the size of Tunisia.
Together they have 14.0 million people, about as many people as Benin.

Side by side

	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Jalisco
Is a	RegionFrance	StateMexico
Area, measured	85,000 km²32,800 mi²	80,000 km²30,900 mi²
Official area	84,100 km²Wikidata	78,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 18in France	6th of 32in Mexico
Population	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022	7.8 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	3rd of 18in France	4th of 32in Mexico
Density	72 per km²	98 per km²
Capital	Bordeaux	Guadalajara
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	19°N to 23°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. 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 78,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 80,000 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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