Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 1.13× the size of Alagoas

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) covers about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²) and Alagoas (state of Brazil) about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
27,600km²Alagoas

100 km

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Alagoas

What fits

Alagoas is 88% of the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is larger by 3,730 km² (1,440 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Alagoas.
Measured in Belgiums: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is about 1.02, Alagoas about 0.90.

How they differ

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 3.1 million, 1.65× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur against 113 in Alagoas: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 1.46× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,340 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur as 2.13× the size of Alagoas instead of 1.13×.
Together Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Alagoas cover 59,000 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 3.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,730 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Alagoas's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 3.5 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Alagoas would have 4.6 million (it has 3.1 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 53.5° of latitude, about 5,950 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 53° of latitude (roughly 5,950 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have about 6,060 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
Laid side by side, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Alagoas would cover 59,000 km², 1.04× the size of Togo.
Together they have 8.3 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	Alagoas
Is a	RegionFrance	StateBrazil
Area, measured	31,300 km²12,100 mi²	27,600 km²10,700 mi²
Official area	31,400 km²Wikidata	27,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 18in France	25th of 27in Brazil
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022	3.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 18in France	19th of 27in Brazil
Density	165 per km²	113 per km²
Capital	Marseille	Maceió
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N	11°S to 9°S

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

Wikidata's official figure of 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 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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