Pays de la Loire is 1.26× the size of Maryland

Pays de la Loire (region of France) covers about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²) and Maryland (state of the United States) about 25,500 km² (9,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

32,100km²Pays de la Loire
25,500km²Maryland

100 km

Pays de la Loire
Maryland

What fits

Maryland is 79% of the size of Pays de la Loire.
Pays de la Loire is larger by 6,670 km² (2,580 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Maryland.
Measured in Belgiums: Pays de la Loire is about 1.05, Maryland about 0.83.

How they differ

Pays de la Loire is larger, but Maryland has the larger population: 6.2 million against 3.9 million, 1.59× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 243 in Maryland against 121 in Pays de la Loire: Maryland is 2.01× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,970 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Pays de la Loire at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Maryland at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Pays de la Loire as 1.67× the size of Maryland instead of 1.26×.
Together Pays de la Loire and Maryland cover 57,600 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 1.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 6,670 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Maryland's density, Pays de la Loire would have 7.8 million people (it has 3.9 million). At Pays de la Loire's density, Maryland would have 3.1 million (it has 6.2 million).
Pays de la Loire's centre is 8.4° of latitude, about 940 km, farther north than Maryland'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.
Maryland is the 42nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Pays de la Loire lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 937 km) north of Maryland.
Shared out evenly, each person in Pays de la Loire would have about 8,280 m² and each person in Maryland about 4,120 m².
Laid side by side, Pays de la Loire and Maryland would cover 57,600 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 10.1 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.

Side by side

	Pays de la Loire	Maryland
Is a	RegionFrance	StateUnited States
Area, measured	32,100 km²12,400 mi²	25,500 km²9,830 mi²
Official area	32,100 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 18in France	42nd of 51in the United States
Population	3.9 millionWikidata, 2022	6.2 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	8th of 18in France	18th of 51in the United States
Density	121 per km²	243 per km²
Capital	Nantes	Annapolis
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	38°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 25,500 km² is 21% below Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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