Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 1.03× the size of Guanajuato

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) covers about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²) and Guanajuato (state of Mexico) about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
30,400km²Guanajuato

50 km

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Guanajuato

What fits

Guanajuato is 97% of the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is larger by 926 km² (358 mi²), which is 3.0% of the area of Guanajuato.
Measured in Belgiums: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is about 1.02, Guanajuato about 0.99.

How they differ

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is larger, but Guanajuato has the larger population: 5.9 million against 5.2 million, 1.13× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: Guanajuato is 1.17× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,690 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 Guanajuato at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur as 1.74× the size of Guanajuato instead of 1.03×.
Together Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Guanajuato cover 61,800 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 4.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 926 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
At Guanajuato's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 6.0 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Guanajuato would have 5.0 million (it has 5.9 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 23.1° of latitude, about 2,560 km, farther north than Guanajuato'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.
Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,560 km) north of Guanajuato.
Shared out evenly, each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have about 6,060 m² and each person in Guanajuato about 5,200 m².
Laid side by side, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Guanajuato would cover 61,800 km², 96% of the size of Latvia.
Together they have 11.0 million people, about as many people as Somalia.

Side by side

	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	Guanajuato
Is a	RegionFrance	StateMexico
Area, measured	31,300 km²12,100 mi²	30,400 km²11,700 mi²
Official area	31,400 km²Wikidata	30,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 18in France	22nd of 32in Mexico
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022	5.9 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	7th of 18in France	6th of 32in Mexico
Density	165 per km²	192 per km²
Capital	Marseille	Guanajuato
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N	20°N to 22°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. 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 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 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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