Shandong is 1.83× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Shandong (province of China) covers about 156,000 km² (60,200 mi²) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

156,000km²Shandong
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

200 km

Shandong
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 55% of the size of Shandong.
Shandong is larger by 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²), which is 83% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Shandong is about 5.08, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Shandong also has the larger population: 101.5 million against 6.1 million, 16.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 651 in Shandong against 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Shandong is 9.05× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,020 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shandong at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Shandong as 1.41× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine instead of 1.83×.
Together Shandong and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 241,000 km², close to the size of Uganda (242,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 70,900 km², is about the size of United Arab Emirates (71,100 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Shandong would have 11.2 million people (it has 101.5 million). At Shandong's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 55.3 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 8.8° of latitude, about 980 km, farther north than Shandong's.
Shandong is the 20th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 982 km) north of Shandong.
Shared out evenly, each person in Shandong would have about 1,540 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Shandong and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 241,000 km², about the same size as Uganda.
Together they have 107.6 million people, about as many people as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Side by side

	Shandong	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	ProvinceChina	RegionFrance
Area, measured	156,000 km²60,200 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	157,000 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	20th of 31in China	1st of 18in France
Population	101.5 millionWikidata, 2020	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	2nd of 31in China	3rd of 18in France
Density	651 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Jinan	Bordeaux
Latitude range	34°N to 38°N	43°N to 47°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 157,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 156,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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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