Turkmenistan is 5.54× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Turkmenistan (Asia) covers about 471,000 km² (182,000 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.

471,000km²Turkmenistan
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

200 km

Turkmenistan
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine fits inside Turkmenistan about 5.54 times by area.
Turkmenistan is larger by 386,000 km² (149,000 mi²), which is 454% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Turkmenistan is about 15.4, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Turkmenistan also has the larger population: 6.1 million against 6.1 million, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine against 13 in Turkmenistan: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 5.54× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,820 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Turkmenistan at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Turkmenistan as 4.57× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine instead of 5.54×.
Together Turkmenistan and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 556,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 386,000 km², is about the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Turkmenistan would have 33.9 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Turkmenistan's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 1.1 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 6.1° of latitude, about 670 km, farther north than Turkmenistan's.
Turkmenistan ranks 54th of 246 countries and territories by area.
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 6° of latitude (roughly 674 km) north of Turkmenistan.
Shared out evenly, each person in Turkmenistan would have about 76,960 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Turkmenistan and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 556,000 km², about the same size as France.
Together they have 12.2 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
Counted as a country, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would rank 115th by area and 113th by population.

Side by side

	Turkmenistan	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	CountryAsia	RegionFrance
Area, measured	471,000 km²182,000 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	491,000 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	53rd of 239worldwide	1st of 18in France
Population	6.1 millionWikidata, 2021	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	112th of 237worldwide	3rd of 18in France
Density	13 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Ashgabat	Bordeaux
Latitude range	35°N to 43°N	43°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 471,000 km² is 4.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 491,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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