Occitania is 1.05× the size of Bavaria
Occitania (region of France) covers about 73,500 km² (28,400 mi²) and Bavaria (state of Germany) about 70,000 km² (27,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 73,500km²Occitania
- 70,000km²Bavaria
100 km
- Occitania
- Bavaria
What fits
- Bavaria is 95% of the size of Occitania.
- Occitania is larger by 3,470 km² (1,340 mi²), which is 5.0% of the area of Bavaria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Occitania is about 2.40, Bavaria about 2.28.
How they differ
- Occitania is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 6.1 million, 2.14× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 83 in Occitania: Bavaria is 2.25× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 919 km apart.
- On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Occitania: Occitania at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.15× the size of Occitania, when Occitania is 1.05× the size of Bavaria.
- Together Occitania and Bavaria cover 144,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 3,470 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
- At Bavaria's density, Occitania would have 13.7 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Occitania's density, Bavaria would have 5.8 million (it has 13.0 million).
- Bavaria's centre is 5.2° of latitude, about 580 km, farther north than Occitania'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.
- Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Bavaria lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 582 km) north of Occitania.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Occitania would have about 12,090 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
- Laid side by side, Occitania and Bavaria would cover 144,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
- Together they have 19.1 million people, about as many people as Romania.
Side by side
| Occitania | Bavaria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 73,500 km²28,400 mi² | 70,000 km²27,000 mi² |
| Official area | 72,700 km²Wikidata | 70,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 18in France | 1st of 16in Germany |
| Population | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 13.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 18in France | 2nd of 16in Germany |
| Density | 83 per km² | 186 per km² |
| Capital | Toulouse | Munich |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 45°N | 47°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 72,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,500 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 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 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