South Carolina is 1.13× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

South Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 80,200 km² (31,000 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.

80,200km²South Carolina
70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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South Carolina
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

What fits

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 88% of the size of South Carolina.
South Carolina is larger by 9,240 km² (3,570 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Measured in Belgiums: South Carolina is about 2.61, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 2.31.

How they differ

South Carolina is larger, but Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has the larger population: 8.2 million against 5.1 million, 1.59× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes against 64 in South Carolina: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.80× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,070 km apart.
On a standard web map Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes looks larger than South Carolina: South Carolina at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at 46°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as 1.24× the size of South Carolina, when South Carolina is 1.13× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Together South Carolina and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes cover 151,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 2.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 9,240 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, South Carolina would have 9.2 million people (it has 5.1 million). At South Carolina's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 4.5 million (it has 8.2 million).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's centre is 11.6° of latitude, about 1,290 km, farther north than South Carolina's.
South Carolina is the 40th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
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 12° of latitude (roughly 1,290 km) north of South Carolina.
Shared out evenly, each person in South Carolina would have about 15,660 m² and each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 8,690 m².
Laid side by side, South Carolina and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would cover 151,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 13.3 million people, about as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

	South Carolina	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Is a	StateUnited States	RegionFrance
Area, measured	80,200 km²31,000 mi²	70,900 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	82,900 km²Wikidata	69,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	40th of 51in the United States	4th of 18in France
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	23rd of 51in the United States	2nd of 18in France
Density	64 per km²	115 per km²
Capital	Columbia	Lyon
Latitude range	32°N to 35°N	44°N to 47°N

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

Our measured 80,200 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 82,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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. 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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