Occitania is 1.03× the size of Sierra Leone
Occitania (region of France) covers about 73,500 km² (28,400 mi²) and Sierra Leone (Africa) about 71,600 km² (27,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 73,500km²Occitania
- 71,600km²Sierra Leone
100 km
- Occitania
- Sierra Leone
What fits
- Sierra Leone is 97% of the size of Occitania.
- Occitania is larger by 1,880 km² (726 mi²), which is 2.6% of the area of Sierra Leone.
- Measured in Belgiums: Occitania is about 2.40, Sierra Leone about 2.33.
How they differ
- Occitania is larger, but Sierra Leone has the larger population: 7.6 million against 6.1 million, 1.24× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 106 in Sierra Leone against 83 in Occitania: Sierra Leone is 1.28× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,130 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Occitania at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Sierra Leone at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Occitania as 1.92× the size of Sierra Leone instead of 1.03×.
- Together Occitania and Sierra Leone cover 145,000 km², close to the size of Suriname (145,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,880 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Sierra Leone's density, Occitania would have 7.8 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Occitania's density, Sierra Leone would have 5.9 million (it has 7.6 million).
- Occitania's centre is 35.1° of latitude, about 3,910 km, farther north than Sierra Leone'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.
- Sierra Leone ranks 120th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Occitania lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,910 km) north of Sierra Leone.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Occitania would have about 12,090 m² and each person in Sierra Leone about 9,480 m².
- Laid side by side, Occitania and Sierra Leone would cover 145,000 km², about the same size as Suriname.
- Together they have 13.6 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
- Counted as a country, Occitania would rank 119th by area and 114th by population.
Side by side
| Occitania | Sierra Leone | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 73,500 km²28,400 mi² | 71,600 km²27,600 mi² |
| Official area | 72,700 km²Wikidata | 71,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 18in France | 119th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 7.6 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Rank by population | 4th of 18in France | 102nd of 237worldwide |
| Density | 83 per km² | 106 per km² |
| Capital | Toulouse | Freetown |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 45°N | 7°N to 10°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2017. 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 71,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,600 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