South Carolina is 2.56× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

South Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 80,200 km² (31,000 mi²) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

80,200km²South Carolina
31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

100 km

South Carolina
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

What fits

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur fits inside South Carolina about 2.56 times by area.
South Carolina is larger by 48,800 km² (18,800 mi²), which is 156% of the area of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Measured in Belgiums: South Carolina is about 2.61, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 1.02.

How they differ

South Carolina is larger, but Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur has the larger population: 5.2 million against 5.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur against 64 in South Carolina: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 2.58× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,250 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Carolina at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows South Carolina as 1.92× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur instead of 2.56×.
Together South Carolina and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur cover 112,000 km², close to the size of Honduras (112,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 48,800 km², is about the size of Slovakia (48,500 km²).
At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, South Carolina would have 13.2 million people (it has 5.1 million). At South Carolina's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 2.0 million (it has 5.2 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 10.0° of latitude, about 1,120 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.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,120 km) north of South Carolina.
Shared out evenly, each person in South Carolina would have about 15,660 m² and each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 6,060 m².
Laid side by side, South Carolina and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would cover 112,000 km², about the same size as Honduras.
Together they have 10.3 million people, about as many people as Portugal.

Side by side

	South Carolina	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Is a	StateUnited States	RegionFrance
Area, measured	80,200 km²31,000 mi²	31,300 km²12,100 mi²
Official area	82,900 km²Wikidata	31,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	40th of 51in the United States	10th of 18in France
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	23rd of 51in the United States	7th of 18in France
Density	64 per km²	165 per km²
Capital	Columbia	Marseille
Latitude range	32°N to 35°N	43°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 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 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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