Veracruz and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are almost exactly the same size

Veracruz (state of Mexico) covers about 71,000 km² (27,400 mi²) and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.

71,000km²Veracruz
70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

100 km

Veracruz
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

What fits

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 100% of the size of Veracruz.
The measured areas differ by 43.7 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: Veracruz is about 2.31, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 2.31.

How they differ

Veracruz is larger, but Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has the larger population: 8.2 million against 8.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes against 114 in Veracruz: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.01× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,300 km apart.
On a standard web map Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes looks larger than Veracruz: Veracruz at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at 46°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as 1.81× the size of Veracruz, when Veracruz is 1.00× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Together Veracruz and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes cover 142,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Veracruz would have 8.2 million people (it has 8.1 million). At Veracruz's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 8.1 million (it has 8.2 million).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's centre is 26.2° of latitude, about 2,910 km, farther north than Veracruz's.
Veracruz is the 12th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the 4th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 11% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,910 km) north of Veracruz.
Shared out evenly, each person in Veracruz would have about 8,750 m² and each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 8,690 m².
Laid side by side, Veracruz and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would cover 142,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 16.3 million people, 96% as many people as Senegal.

Side by side

	Veracruz	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Is a	StateMexico	RegionFrance
Area, measured	71,000 km²27,400 mi²	70,900 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	71,800 km²Wikidata	69,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 32in Mexico	4th of 18in France
Population	8.1 millionWikidata, 2015	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	3rd of 32in Mexico	2nd of 18in France
Density	114 per km²	115 per km²
Capital	Xalapa	Lyon
Latitude range	17°N to 22°N	44°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 71,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 69,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,900 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 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 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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