Tennessee is 1.29× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Tennessee (state of the United States) covers about 109,000 km² (42,200 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.

109,000km²Tennessee
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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Tennessee
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 78% of the size of Tennessee.
Tennessee is larger by 24,300 km² (9,390 mi²), which is 29% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Tennessee is about 3.56, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Tennessee also has the larger population: 6.9 million against 6.1 million, 1.13× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine against 63 in Tennessee: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 1.14× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,030 km apart.
On a standard web map Nouvelle-Aquitaine looks larger than Tennessee: Tennessee at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Nouvelle-Aquitaine as 1.03× the size of Tennessee, when Tennessee is 1.29× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Together Tennessee and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 194,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 1.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 24,300 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Tennessee would have 7.9 million people (it has 6.9 million). At Tennessee's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 5.4 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 9.3° of latitude, about 1,040 km, farther north than Tennessee's.
Tennessee is the 35th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 20th 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 9° of latitude (roughly 1,040 km) north of Tennessee.
Shared out evenly, each person in Tennessee would have about 15,820 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Tennessee and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 194,000 km², about the same size as Senegal.
Together they have 13.0 million people, 1.04× as many people as South Sudan.

Side by side

	Tennessee	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	StateUnited States	RegionFrance
Area, measured	109,000 km²42,200 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	109,000 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	35th of 51in the United States	1st of 18in France
Population	6.9 millionWikidata, 2020	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	16th of 51in the United States	3rd of 18in France
Density	63 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Nashville	Bordeaux
Latitude range	35°N to 37°N	43°N to 47°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 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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