Overseas region of France
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an overseas region of France. It covers about 1,660 km² (640 mi²), the 16th largest of the 18 regions in Natural Earth’s file for France, and about the same size as the Comoros. About 384,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 1,660 km²640 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 1,630 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of France | 0.3%of the area of the 18 regions |
| Rank by area | 16th of 18regions of France |
| Population | 384,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Density | 231 people per km² |
| Capital | Basse-Terre |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 17°N |
| Type | Overseas region |
What the numbers say about Guadeloupe
- Guadeloupe covers 0.3% of the area of France and ranks 14th of 18 by population, against 16th by area.
- It would take 384 regions the size of Guadeloupe to cover France.
- The largest, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, is 51.3× the size of Guadeloupe; the smallest, Mayotte, is 24% of it.
- Closest in size within France: Martinique (1,100 km², 1.51×) and Réunion (France) (2,580 km², 1.56×).
- Counted as a country, Guadeloupe would be larger than 57 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 183rd by area, between the Comoros (1,670 km²) and Faroe Islands (1,330 km²).
- With 384,000 people it would rank 177th of 238 by population.
- Guadeloupe has 231 people per km², about the density of Nigeria, which has 233 per km².
- That makes Guadeloupe the 5th most densely populated of the 18 regions, 2.16× the average for France (107 per km²).
- Guadeloupe lies at 16°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Guadeloupe stretches about 74 km north to south and 86 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,630 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,660 km², to within 2%.
- Guadeloupe is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 94 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- United StatesAreaRhode Island59% · 2,830 km²PeopleWyoming66% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaDelhi1.12× · 1,480 km²PeopleAndaman and Nicobar Islands1.08× · 356,000 (2005)
- GermanyAreaSaarland62% · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen55% · 693,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaAosta Valley50% · 3,300 km²PeopleMolise1.26× · 304,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleLa Rioja1.18× · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaKagawa89% · 1,850 km²PeopleTottori70% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleRoraima60% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador75% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory71% · 2,350 km²PeopleAustralian Capital Territory80% · 482,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaMexico City1.21× · 1,380 km²PeopleBaja California Sur60% · 637,000 (2010)
- ThailandAreaBangkok1.06× · 1,560 km²PeopleAmnat Charoen1.02× · 376,000 (2020)
Where Guadeloupe ranks
Guadeloupe is the 16th largest of the 18 regions of France.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the one department in the file that makes up this overseas region, so nothing is joined.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2022. France’s units share the 2022 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12