Pays de la Loire is 1.07× the size of Brandenburg

Pays de la Loire (region of France) covers about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²) and Brandenburg (state of Germany) about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

32,100km²Pays de la Loire
30,000km²Brandenburg

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Pays de la Loire
Brandenburg

What fits

Brandenburg is 93% of the size of Pays de la Loire.
Pays de la Loire is larger by 2,090 km² (809 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Brandenburg.
Measured in Belgiums: Pays de la Loire is about 1.05, Brandenburg about 0.98.

How they differ

Pays de la Loire also has the larger population: 3.9 million against 2.5 million, 1.53× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 121 in Pays de la Loire against 84 in Brandenburg: Pays de la Loire is 1.43× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,150 km apart.
On a standard web map Brandenburg looks larger than Pays de la Loire: Pays de la Loire at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Brandenburg at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 1.15× the size of Pays de la Loire, when Pays de la Loire is 1.07× the size of Brandenburg.
Together Pays de la Loire and Brandenburg cover 62,200 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 3.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,090 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Brandenburg's density, Pays de la Loire would have 2.7 million people (it has 3.9 million). At Pays de la Loire's density, Brandenburg would have 3.6 million (it has 2.5 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 5.0° of latitude, about 550 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.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 554 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 Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
Laid side by side, Pays de la Loire and Brandenburg would cover 62,200 km², 96% of the size of Latvia.
Together they have 6.4 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.

Side by side

	Pays de la Loire	Brandenburg
Is a	RegionFrance	StateGermany
Area, measured	32,100 km²12,400 mi²	30,000 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	32,100 km²Wikidata	29,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 18in France	5th of 16in Germany
Population	3.9 millionWikidata, 2022	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	8th of 18in France	10th of 16in Germany
Density	121 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Nantes	Potsdam
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	51°N to 54°N

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 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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

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