Occitania and Chiapas are almost exactly the same size
Occitania (region of France) covers about 73,500 km² (28,400 mi²) and Chiapas (state of Mexico) about 73,400 km² (28,300 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 73,500km²Occitania
- 73,400km²Chiapas
100 km
- Occitania
- Chiapas
What fits
- Chiapas is 100% of the size of Occitania.
- The measured areas differ by 108 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Occitania is about 2.40, Chiapas about 2.39.
How they differ
- Occitania also has the larger population: 6.1 million against 5.2 million, 1.17× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 83 in Occitania against 71 in Chiapas: Occitania is 1.16× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,110 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Occitania at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Chiapas at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Occitania as 1.76× the size of Chiapas instead of 1.00×.
- Together Occitania and Chiapas cover 147,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- At Chiapas's density, Occitania would have 5.2 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Occitania's density, Chiapas would have 6.1 million (it has 5.2 million).
- Occitania's centre is 27.2° of latitude, about 3,020 km, farther north than Chiapas'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.
- Chiapas is the 9th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
- Occitania lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 3,020 km) north of Chiapas.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Occitania would have about 12,090 m² and each person in Chiapas about 14,060 m².
- Laid side by side, Occitania and Chiapas would cover 147,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
- Together they have 11.3 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.
Side by side
| Occitania | Chiapas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 73,500 km²28,400 mi² | 73,400 km²28,300 mi² |
| Official area | 72,700 km²Wikidata | 73,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 18in France | 9th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 18in France | 7th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 83 per km² | 71 per km² |
| Capital | Toulouse | Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 45°N | 15°N to 18°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 73,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,400 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 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