Punjab is 1.05× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Punjab (state of India) covers about 50,400 km² (19,500 mi²) and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (region of France) about 48,000 km² (18,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

50,400km²Punjab
48,000km²Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

100 km

Punjab
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

What fits

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 95% of the size of Punjab.
Punjab is larger by 2,380 km² (919 mi²), which is 5.0% of the area of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Measured in Belgiums: Punjab is about 1.64, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 1.56.

How they differ

Punjab also has the larger population: 27.7 million against 2.8 million, 9.89× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 551 in Punjab against 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Punjab is 9.43× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,140 km apart.
On a standard web map Bourgogne-Franche-Comté looks larger than Punjab: Punjab at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Bourgogne-Franche-Comté as 1.52× the size of Punjab, when Punjab is 1.05× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Together Punjab and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté cover 98,400 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,380 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, Punjab would have 2.9 million people (it has 27.7 million). At Punjab's density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 26.4 million (it has 2.8 million).
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's centre is 16.4° of latitude, about 1,820 km, farther north than Punjab's.
Punjab is the 20th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the 6th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,820 km) north of Punjab.
Shared out evenly, each person in Punjab would have about 1,820 m² and each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 17,120 m².
Laid side by side, Punjab and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would cover 98,400 km², about the same size as South Korea.
Together they have 30.5 million people, about as many people as Ivory Coast.

Side by side

	Punjab	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Is a	StateIndia	RegionFrance
Area, measured	50,400 km²19,500 mi²	48,000 km²18,500 mi²
Official area	50,400 km²Wikidata	47,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	20th of 36in India	6th of 18in France
Population	27.7 millionWikidata, 2011	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	17th of 36in India	11th of 18in France
Density	551 per km²	58 per km²
Capital	Chandigarh	Dijon; Besançon
Latitude range	30°N to 33°N	46°N to 48°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 50,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 50,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 47,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,000 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 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 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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