Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 1.04× the size of Brandenburg

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) covers about 31,300 km² (12,100 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.

31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
30,000km²Brandenburg

50 km

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Brandenburg

What fits

Brandenburg is 96% of the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is larger by 1,310 km² (505 mi²), which is 4.4% of the area of Brandenburg.
Measured in Belgiums: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is about 1.02, Brandenburg about 0.98.

How they differ

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 2.5 million, 2.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur against 84 in Brandenburg: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 1.96× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,090 km apart.
On a standard web map Brandenburg looks larger than Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Brandenburg at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 1.34× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, when Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 1.04× the size of Brandenburg.
Together Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Brandenburg cover 61,400 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 5.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,310 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Brandenburg's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 2.6 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Brandenburg would have 5.0 million (it has 2.5 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 8.5° of latitude, about 950 km, farther north than Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur'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.
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 9° of latitude (roughly 947 km) north of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Shared out evenly, each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have about 6,060 m² and each person in Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
Laid side by side, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Brandenburg would cover 61,400 km², 95% of the size of Latvia.
Together they have 7.7 million people, about as many people as Togo.

Side by side

	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	Brandenburg
Is a	RegionFrance	StateGermany
Area, measured	31,300 km²12,100 mi²	30,000 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	31,400 km²Wikidata	29,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 18in France	5th of 16in Germany
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 18in France	10th of 16in Germany
Density	165 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Marseille	Potsdam
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N	51°N to 54°N

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 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 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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