Occitania is 7.35× the size of Lebanon
Occitania (region of France) covers about 73,500 km² (28,400 mi²) and Lebanon (Asia) about 10,000 km² (3,860 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 73,500km²Occitania
- 10,000km²Lebanon
100 km
- Occitania
- Lebanon
What fits
- Lebanon fits inside Occitania about 7.35 times by area.
- Occitania is larger by 63,500 km² (24,500 mi²), which is 635% of the area of Lebanon.
- Measured in Belgiums: Occitania is about 2.40, Lebanon about 0.33.
How they differ
- Occitania is larger, but Lebanon has the larger population: 6.1 million against 6.1 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 610 in Lebanon against 83 in Occitania: Lebanon is 7.37× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,090 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Occitania at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Lebanon at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Occitania as 9.68× the size of Lebanon instead of 7.35×.
- Together Occitania and Lebanon cover 83,500 km², close to the size of Austria (84,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 63,500 km², is about the size of Latvia (64,600 km²).
- At Lebanon's density, Occitania would have 44.8 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Occitania's density, Lebanon would have 828,000 (it has 6.1 million).
- Occitania's centre is 9.8° of latitude, about 1,090 km, farther north than Lebanon'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.
- Lebanon ranks 169th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Occitania lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,090 km) north of Lebanon.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Occitania would have about 12,090 m² and each person in Lebanon about 1,640 m².
- Laid side by side, Occitania and Lebanon would cover 83,500 km², about the same size as Austria.
- Together they have 12.2 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
- Counted as a country, Occitania would rank 119th by area and 114th by population.
Side by side
| Occitania | Lebanon | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 73,500 km²28,400 mi² | 10,000 km²3,860 mi² |
| Official area | 72,700 km²Wikidata | 10,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 18in France | 168th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2018 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 18in France | 113th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 83 per km² | 610 per km² |
| Capital | Toulouse | Beirut |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 45°N | 33°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2018. 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 10,000 km² is 4.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 10,500 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 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