Tamil Nadu is 1.54× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Tamil Nadu (state of India) covers about 131,000 km² (50,500 mi²) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

131,000km²Tamil Nadu
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

100 km

Tamil Nadu
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 65% of the size of Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu is larger by 45,700 km² (17,600 mi²), which is 54% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Tamil Nadu is about 4.26, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Tamil Nadu also has the larger population: 72.1 million against 6.1 million, 11.8× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 552 in Tamil Nadu against 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Tamil Nadu is 7.68× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,220 km apart.
On a standard web map Nouvelle-Aquitaine looks larger than Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu at 11°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Nouvelle-Aquitaine as 1.26× the size of Tamil Nadu, when Tamil Nadu is 1.54× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Together Tamil Nadu and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 216,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 2.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 45,700 km², is about the size of Estonia (45,800 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Tamil Nadu would have 9.4 million people (it has 72.1 million). At Tamil Nadu's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 46.9 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 34.2° of latitude, about 3,800 km, farther north than Tamil Nadu's.
Tamil Nadu is the 10th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,800 km) north of Tamil Nadu.
Shared out evenly, each person in Tamil Nadu would have about 1,810 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Tamil Nadu and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 216,000 km², about the same size as Guyana.
Together they have 78.3 million people, 94% as many people as Germany.

Side by side

	Tamil Nadu	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	StateIndia	RegionFrance
Area, measured	131,000 km²50,500 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	130,000 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 36in India	1st of 18in France
Population	72.1 millionWikidata, 2011	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	6th of 36in India	3rd of 18in France
Density	552 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Chennai	Bordeaux
Latitude range	8°N to 14°N	43°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 130,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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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