Sierra Leone is 1.01× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Sierra Leone (Africa) covers about 71,600 km² (27,600 mi²) and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

71,600km²Sierra Leone
70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

100 km

Sierra Leone
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

What fits

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 99% of the size of Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is larger by 689 km² (266 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Measured in Belgiums: Sierra Leone is about 2.33, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 2.31.

How they differ

Sierra Leone is larger, but Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has the larger population: 8.2 million against 7.6 million, 1.08× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes against 106 in Sierra Leone: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.09× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,400 km apart.
On a standard web map Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes looks larger than Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at 46°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as 1.97× the size of Sierra Leone, when Sierra Leone is 1.01× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Together Sierra Leone and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes cover 143,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Sierra Leone would have 8.2 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Sierra Leone's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 7.5 million (it has 8.2 million).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's centre is 37.0° of latitude, about 4,110 km, farther north than Sierra Leone's.
Sierra Leone ranks 120th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the 4th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 11% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,110 km) north of Sierra Leone.
Shared out evenly, each person in Sierra Leone would have about 9,480 m² and each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 8,690 m².
Laid side by side, Sierra Leone and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would cover 143,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 15.7 million people, 1.04× as many people as Zimbabwe.
Counted as a country, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would rank 121st by area and 101st by population.

Side by side

	Sierra Leone	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Is a	CountryAfrica	RegionFrance
Area, measured	71,600 km²27,600 mi²	70,900 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	71,700 km²Wikidata	69,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	119th of 239worldwide	4th of 18in France
Population	7.6 millionWikidata, 2017	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	102nd of 237worldwide	2nd of 18in France
Density	106 per km²	115 per km²
Capital	Freetown	Lyon
Latitude range	7°N to 10°N	44°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 71,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,600 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 69,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,900 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 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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