Overseas region of France
Mayotte
Mayotte is an overseas region of France. It covers about 395 km² (152 mi²), the 18th largest of the 18 regions in Natural Earth’s file for France, and 1.07× the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. About 321,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
The boundary or political status of Mayotte is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.
10 km
- Mayotte
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Facts
| Area, measured | 395 km²152 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 374 km²Wikidata · 5.6% below our measure |
| Share of France | less than 0.1%of the area of the 18 regions |
| Rank by area | 18th of 18regions of France |
| Population | 321,000Wikidata, 2024 · the only figure Wikidata has; most units carry 2022 |
| Density | 813 people per km² |
| Capital | Mamoudzou |
| Latitude range | 13°S to 13°S |
| Type | Overseas region |
What the numbers say about Mayotte
- Mayotte covers less than 0.1% of the area of France and ranks 17th of 18 by population, against 18th by area.
- It would take 1,612 regions the size of Mayotte to cover France.
- The largest, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, is 215× the size of Mayotte, the smallest of the 18.
- Closest in size within France: Martinique (1,100 km², 2.78×) and Guadeloupe (1,660 km², 4.20×).
- Counted as a country, Mayotte would be larger than 37 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 202nd by area, between the Seychelles (436 km²) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
- With 321,000 people it would rank 178th of 238 by population.
- Mayotte has 813 people per km², about the density of Mauritius, which has 628 per km².
- That makes Mayotte the 2nd most densely populated of the 18 regions, 7.60× the average for France (107 per km²).
- Wikidata holds no 2022 figure for Mayotte; the 2024 figure is the only one it has, so Mayotte is not counted the same way as the 17 regions that carry 2022.
- Mayotte lies at 13°S, 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, Mayotte stretches about 38 km north to south and 27 km east to west.
- Our measured 395 km² is 5.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 374 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Mayotte is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 44 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
About the same size as
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 StatesAreanone within 2×PeopleWyoming56% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaPuducherry75% · 526 km²PeopleAndaman and Nicobar Islands0.90× · 356,000 (2005)
- GermanyAreaBremen1.02× · 386 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleMolise1.05× · 304,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleLa Rioja0.99× · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleTottori58% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleRoraima50% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador63% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleNorthern Territory1.22× · 262,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleBaja California Sur50% · 637,000 (2010)
- ThailandAreaSamut Songkhram0.95× · 415 km²PeopleChai Nat1.00× · 322,000 (2020)
Where Mayotte ranks
Mayotte is the 18th largest of the 18 regions of France.
Compare Mayotte
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- Puducherry vs Mayotte
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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. The political status of this unit is contested; Size Versus takes no position on it.
- 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, 2024. 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