Pays de la Loire is 1.05× the size of Belgium
Pays de la Loire (region of France) covers about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²) and Belgium (Europe) about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 32,100km²Pays de la Loire
- 30,700km²Belgium
50 km
- Pays de la Loire
- Belgium
What fits
- Belgium is 95% of the size of Pays de la Loire.
- Pays de la Loire is larger by 1,460 km² (565 mi²), which is 4.8% of the area of Belgium.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Pays de la Loire is about 0.78, Belgium about 0.74.
How they differ
- Pays de la Loire is larger, but Belgium has the larger population: 11.8 million against 3.9 million, 3.05× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 121 in Pays de la Loire: Belgium is 3.19× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 530 km apart.
- On a standard web map Belgium looks larger than Pays de la Loire: Pays de la Loire at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Belgium at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Belgium as 1.08× the size of Pays de la Loire, when Pays de la Loire is 1.05× the size of Belgium.
- Together Pays de la Loire and Belgium cover 62,800 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 2.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,460 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Belgium's density, Pays de la Loire would have 12.4 million people (it has 3.9 million). At Pays de la Loire's density, Belgium would have 3.7 million (it has 11.8 million).
- Belgium's centre is 3.2° of latitude, about 350 km, farther north than Pays de la Loire'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.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Belgium lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 351 km) north of Pays de la Loire.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Pays de la Loire would have about 8,280 m² and each person in Belgium about 2,590 m².
- Laid side by side, Pays de la Loire and Belgium would cover 62,800 km², about the same size as Latvia.
- Together they have 15.7 million people, 1.03× as many people as Zimbabwe.
- Counted as a country, Pays de la Loire would rank 140th by area and 131st by population.
Side by side
| Pays de la Loire | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 32,100 km²12,400 mi² | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² |
| Official area | 32,100 km²Wikidata | 30,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 18in France | 140th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 3.9 millionWikidata, 2022 | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 18in France | 80th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 121 per km² | 386 per km² |
| Capital | Nantes | Brussels |
| Latitude range | 46°N to 49°N | 49°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025. 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 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 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 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