Puebla is 1.08× the size of Pays de la Loire

Puebla (state of Mexico) covers about 34,600 km² (13,400 mi²) and Pays de la Loire (region of France) about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

34,600km²Puebla
32,100km²Pays de la Loire

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Puebla
Pays de la Loire

What fits

Pays de la Loire is 93% of the size of Puebla.
Puebla is larger by 2,460 km² (949 mi²), which is 7.7% of the area of Pays de la Loire.
Measured in Belgiums: Puebla is about 1.13, Pays de la Loire about 1.05.

How they differ

Puebla also has the larger population: 6.2 million against 3.9 million, 1.59× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 178 in Puebla against 121 in Pays de la Loire: Puebla is 1.48× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,970 km apart.
On a standard web map Pays de la Loire looks larger than Puebla: Puebla at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Pays de la Loire at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Pays de la Loire as 1.82× the size of Puebla, when Puebla is 1.08× the size of Pays de la Loire.
Together Puebla and Pays de la Loire cover 66,700 km², close to the size of Sri Lanka (66,300 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,460 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Pays de la Loire's density, Puebla would have 4.2 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Puebla's density, Pays de la Loire would have 5.7 million (it has 3.9 million).
Pays de la Loire's centre is 28.5° of latitude, about 3,170 km, farther north than Puebla's.
Puebla is the 21st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Pays de la Loire is the 8th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Pays de la Loire lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,170 km) north of Puebla.
Shared out evenly, each person in Puebla would have about 5,610 m² and each person in Pays de la Loire about 8,280 m².
Laid side by side, Puebla and Pays de la Loire would cover 66,700 km², about the same size as Sri Lanka.
Together they have 10.0 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.

Side by side

	Puebla	Pays de la Loire
Is a	StateMexico	RegionFrance
Area, measured	34,600 km²13,400 mi²	32,100 km²12,400 mi²
Official area	34,300 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	21st of 32in Mexico	8th of 18in France
Population	6.2 millionWikidata, 2015	3.9 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	5th of 32in Mexico	8th of 18in France
Density	178 per km²	121 per km²
Capital	Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza	Nantes
Latitude range	18°N to 21°N	46°N to 49°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 34,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 34,600 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 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 Pays de la Loire 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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