Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 1.23× the size of Maryland

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) covers about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²) and Maryland (state of the United States) about 25,500 km² (9,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
25,500km²Maryland

100 km

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Maryland

What fits

Maryland is 81% of the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is larger by 5,880 km² (2,270 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Maryland.
Measured in Belgiums: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is about 1.02, Maryland about 0.83.

How they differ

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is larger, but Maryland has the larger population: 6.2 million against 5.2 million, 1.19× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 243 in Maryland against 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: Maryland is 1.47× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,620 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 Maryland at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur as 1.43× the size of Maryland instead of 1.23×.
Together Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Maryland cover 56,800 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,880 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
At Maryland's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 7.6 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Maryland would have 4.2 million (it has 6.2 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 4.9° of latitude, about 540 km, farther north than Maryland'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.
Maryland is the 42nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 545 km) north of Maryland.
Shared out evenly, each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have about 6,060 m² and each person in Maryland about 4,120 m².
Laid side by side, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Maryland would cover 56,800 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 11.3 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.

Side by side

	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	Maryland
Is a	RegionFrance	StateUnited States
Area, measured	31,300 km²12,100 mi²	25,500 km²9,830 mi²
Official area	31,400 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 18in France	42nd of 51in the United States
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022	6.2 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	7th of 18in France	18th of 51in the United States
Density	165 per km²	243 per km²
Capital	Marseille	Annapolis
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N	38°N to 40°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 25,500 km² is 21% below Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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