South Carolina is 1.09× the size of Occitania

South Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 80,200 km² (31,000 mi²) and Occitania (region of France) about 73,500 km² (28,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

80,200km²South Carolina
73,500km²Occitania

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South Carolina
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What fits

Occitania is 92% of the size of South Carolina.
South Carolina is larger by 6,670 km² (2,580 mi²), which is 9.1% of the area of Occitania.
Measured in Belgiums: South Carolina is about 2.61, Occitania about 2.40.

How they differ

South Carolina is larger, but Occitania has the larger population: 6.1 million against 5.1 million, 1.19× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 83 in Occitania against 64 in South Carolina: Occitania is 1.30× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,970 km apart.
On a standard web map Occitania looks larger than South Carolina: South Carolina at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Occitania at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Occitania as 1.21× the size of South Carolina, when South Carolina is 1.09× the size of Occitania.
Together South Carolina and Occitania cover 154,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,670 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Occitania's density, South Carolina would have 6.6 million people (it has 5.1 million). At South Carolina's density, Occitania would have 4.7 million (it has 6.1 million).
Occitania's centre is 9.8° of latitude, about 1,090 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.
Occitania is the 3rd largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 12% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Occitania lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,090 km) north of South Carolina.
Shared out evenly, each person in South Carolina would have about 15,660 m² and each person in Occitania about 12,090 m².
Laid side by side, South Carolina and Occitania would cover 154,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 11.2 million people, about as many people as Somalia.

Side by side

	South Carolina	Occitania
Is a	StateUnited States	RegionFrance
Area, measured	80,200 km²31,000 mi²	73,500 km²28,400 mi²
Official area	82,900 km²Wikidata	72,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	40th of 51in the United States	3rd of 18in France
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	23rd of 51in the United States	4th of 18in France
Density	64 per km²	83 per km²
Capital	Columbia	Toulouse
Latitude range	32°N to 35°N	42°N to 45°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 72,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,500 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 Occitania 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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