Pernambuco is 1.15× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Pernambuco (state of Brazil) covers about 97,600 km² (37,700 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.

97,600km²Pernambuco
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

200 km

Pernambuco
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 87% of the size of Pernambuco.
Pernambuco is larger by 12,600 km² (4,880 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Pernambuco is about 3.18, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Pernambuco also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 6.1 million, 1.48× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 93 in Pernambuco against 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Pernambuco is 1.29× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,070 km apart.
On a standard web map Nouvelle-Aquitaine looks larger than Pernambuco: Pernambuco at 8°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Nouvelle-Aquitaine as 1.72× the size of Pernambuco, when Pernambuco is 1.15× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Together Pernambuco and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 183,000 km², close to the size of Cambodia (181,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 12,600 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Pernambuco would have 7.0 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Pernambuco's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 7.9 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 53.5° of latitude, about 5,950 km, farther north than Pernambuco's.
Pernambuco is the 19th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 6th 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 54° of latitude (roughly 5,950 km) north of Pernambuco, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Pernambuco would have about 10,780 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Pernambuco and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 183,000 km², about the same size as Cambodia.
Together they have 15.2 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

	Pernambuco	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	StateBrazil	RegionFrance
Area, measured	97,600 km²37,700 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	98,900 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	19th of 27in Brazil	1st of 18in France
Population	9.1 millionWikidata, 2022	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 27in Brazil	3rd of 18in France
Density	93 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Recife	Bordeaux
Latitude range	9°S to 7°S	43°N to 47°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 98,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 97,600 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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