Pennsylvania is 1.40× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Pennsylvania (state of the United States) covers about 119,000 km² (46,100 mi²) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

119,000km²Pennsylvania
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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Pennsylvania
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 71% of the size of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is larger by 34,400 km² (13,300 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Pennsylvania is about 3.89, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Pennsylvania also has the larger population: 13.0 million against 6.1 million, 2.13× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 109 in Pennsylvania against 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Pennsylvania is 1.51× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,110 km apart.
Together Pennsylvania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 204,000 km², close to the size of Belarus (207,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 34,400 km², is about the size of Moldova (33,200 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Pennsylvania would have 8.6 million people (it has 13.0 million). At Pennsylvania's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 9.3 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 4.3° of latitude, about 480 km, farther north than Pennsylvania's.
Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 476 km) north of Pennsylvania.
Shared out evenly, each person in Pennsylvania would have about 9,180 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Pennsylvania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 204,000 km², about the same size as Belarus.
Together they have 19.1 million people, about as many people as Romania.

Side by side

	Pennsylvania	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	StateUnited States	RegionFrance
Area, measured	119,000 km²46,100 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	119,000 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	33rd of 51in the United States	1st of 18in France
Population	13.0 millionWikidata, 2020	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	5th of 51in the United States	3rd of 18in France
Density	109 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Harrisburg	Bordeaux
Latitude range	40°N to 43°N	43°N to 47°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 119,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 119,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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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