Occitania is 1.01× the size of Baja California
Occitania (region of France) covers about 73,500 km² (28,400 mi²) and Baja California (state of Mexico) about 72,900 km² (28,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 73,500km²Occitania
- 72,900km²Baja California
100 km
- Occitania
- Baja California
What fits
- Baja California is 99% of the size of Occitania.
- Occitania is larger by 584 km² (226 mi²), which is 0.8% of the area of Baja California.
- Measured in Belgiums: Occitania is about 2.40, Baja California about 2.38.
How they differ
- Occitania also has the larger population: 6.1 million against 3.3 million, 1.83× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 83 in Occitania against 45 in Baja California: Occitania is 1.82× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,590 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Occitania at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Baja California at 31°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Occitania as 1.43× the size of Baja California instead of 1.01×.
- Together Occitania and Baja California cover 146,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- At Baja California's density, Occitania would have 3.3 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Occitania's density, Baja California would have 6.0 million (it has 3.3 million).
- Occitania's centre is 13.2° of latitude, about 1,460 km, farther north than Baja California's.
- Occitania is the 3rd largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 12% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Baja California is the 10th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Occitania lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,460 km) north of Baja California.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Occitania would have about 12,090 m² and each person in Baja California about 21,990 m².
- Laid side by side, Occitania and Baja California would cover 146,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
- Together they have 9.4 million people, about as many people as Tajikistan.
Side by side
| Occitania | Baja California | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 73,500 km²28,400 mi² | 72,900 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 72,700 km²Wikidata | 71,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 18in France | 10th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 18in France | 14th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 83 per km² | 45 per km² |
| Capital | Toulouse | Mexicali |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 45°N | 28°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 72,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,500 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 72,900 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 71,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Occitania 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