Pays de la Loire is 1.16× the size of Alagoas
Pays de la Loire (region of France) covers about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²) and Alagoas (state of Brazil) about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 32,100km²Pays de la Loire
- 27,600km²Alagoas
100 km
- Pays de la Loire
- Alagoas
What fits
- Alagoas is 86% of the size of Pays de la Loire.
- Pays de la Loire is larger by 4,510 km² (1,740 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Alagoas.
- Measured in Belgiums: Pays de la Loire is about 1.05, Alagoas about 0.90.
How they differ
- Pays de la Loire also has the larger population: 3.9 million against 3.1 million, 1.24× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 121 in Pays de la Loire against 113 in Alagoas: Pays de la Loire is 1.07× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,260 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Pays de la Loire at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Pays de la Loire as 2.48× the size of Alagoas instead of 1.16×.
- Together Pays de la Loire and Alagoas cover 59,800 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 4.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 4,510 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
- At Alagoas's density, Pays de la Loire would have 3.6 million people (it has 3.9 million). At Pays de la Loire's density, Alagoas would have 3.3 million (it has 3.1 million).
- Pays de la Loire's centre is 57.0° of latitude, about 6,340 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
- Pays de la Loire is the 8th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Pays de la Loire lies about 57° of latitude (roughly 6,340 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Pays de la Loire would have about 8,280 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Pays de la Loire and Alagoas would cover 59,800 km², 1.05× the size of Togo.
- Together they have 7.0 million people, about as many people as Laos.
Side by side
| Pays de la Loire | Alagoas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 32,100 km²12,400 mi² | 27,600 km²10,700 mi² |
| Official area | 32,100 km²Wikidata | 27,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 18in France | 25th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 3.9 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 18in France | 19th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 121 per km² | 113 per km² |
| Capital | Nantes | Maceió |
| Latitude range | 46°N to 49°N | 11°S to 9°S |
Population: Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 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 Pays de la Loire 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
