Occitania is 1.72× the size of Denmark
Occitania (region of France) covers about 73,500 km² (28,400 mi²) and Denmark (Europe) about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 73,500km²Occitania
- 42,700km²Denmark
100 km
- Occitania
- Denmark
What fits
- Denmark is 58% of the size of Occitania.
- Occitania is larger by 30,800 km² (11,900 mi²), which is 72% of the area of Denmark.
- Measured in Belgiums: Occitania is about 2.40, Denmark about 1.39.
How they differ
- Occitania also has the larger population: 6.1 million against 5.8 million, 1.04× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 136 in Denmark against 83 in Occitania: Denmark is 1.65× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,480 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Occitania at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Occitania as 1.03× the size of Denmark instead of 1.72×.
- Together Occitania and Denmark cover 116,000 km², close to the size of Benin (116,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 30,800 km², is about the size of Belgium (30,700 km²).
- At Denmark's density, Occitania would have 10.0 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Occitania's density, Denmark would have 3.5 million (it has 5.8 million).
- Denmark's centre is 12.3° of latitude, about 1,360 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.
- Denmark ranks 134th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Denmark lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,360 km) north of Occitania.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Occitania would have about 12,090 m² and each person in Denmark about 7,330 m².
- Laid side by side, Occitania and Denmark would cover 116,000 km², about the same size as Benin.
- Together they have 11.9 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
- Counted as a country, Occitania would rank 119th by area and 114th by population.
Side by side
| Occitania | Denmark | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 73,500 km²28,400 mi² | 42,700 km²16,500 mi² |
| Official area | 72,700 km²Wikidata | 42,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 18in France | 133rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 18in France | 115th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 83 per km² | 136 per km² |
| Capital | Toulouse | Copenhagen |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 45°N | 55°N to 58°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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