Slovakia is 1.01× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Slovakia (Europe) covers about 48,500 km² (18,700 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.

48,500km²Slovakia
48,000km²Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

100 km

Slovakia
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

What fits

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 99% of the size of Slovakia.
Slovakia is larger by 460 km² (178 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Measured in Belgiums: Slovakia is about 1.58, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 1.56.

How they differ

Slovakia also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 2.8 million, 1.93× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 112 in Slovakia against 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Slovakia is 1.91× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,100 km apart.
Together Slovakia and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté cover 96,500 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 1.2% smaller).
At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, Slovakia would have 2.8 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Slovakia's density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 5.4 million (it has 2.8 million).
Slovakia's centre is 1.5° of latitude, about 160 km, farther north than Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's.
Slovakia ranks 131st of 246 countries and territories by area.
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.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 49°N and 47°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Slovakia would have about 8,960 m² and each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 17,120 m².
Laid side by side, Slovakia and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would cover 96,500 km², about the same size as Liberia.
Together they have 8.2 million people, about as many people as Honduras.
Counted as a country, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would rank 132nd by area and 140th by population.

Side by side

	Slovakia	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Is a	CountryEurope	RegionFrance
Area, measured	48,500 km²18,700 mi²	48,000 km²18,500 mi²
Official area	49,000 km²Wikidata	47,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	130th of 239worldwide	6th of 18in France
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2025	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	118th of 237worldwide	11th of 18in France
Density	112 per km²	58 per km²
Capital	Bratislava	Dijon; Besançon
Latitude range	48°N to 50°N	46°N to 48°N

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 49,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,500 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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