Apulia is 1.20× the size of Beijing

Apulia (region of Italy) covers about 19,500 km² (7,510 mi²) and Beijing (municipality of China) about 16,300 km² (6,270 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

19,500km²Apulia
16,300km²Beijing

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Apulia
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What fits

Beijing is 84% of the size of Apulia.
Apulia is larger by 3,200 km² (1,240 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Beijing.
Measured in Belgiums: Apulia is about 0.63, Beijing about 0.53.

How they differ

Apulia is larger, but Beijing has the larger population: 21.9 million against 4.0 million, 5.43× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 207 in Apulia: Beijing is 6.50× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,900 km apart.
Together Apulia and Beijing cover 35,700 km², close to the size of Taiwan (36,200 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,200 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Beijing's density, Apulia would have 26.2 million people (it has 4.0 million). At Apulia's density, Beijing would have 3.4 million (it has 21.9 million).
Apulia's centre is 0.8° of latitude, about 90 km, farther north than Beijing's.
Apulia is the 7th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Beijing is the 29th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 41°N and 40°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Apulia would have about 4,830 m² and each person in Beijing about 740 m².
Laid side by side, Apulia and Beijing would cover 35,700 km², 96% of the size of the Netherlands.
Together they have 25.9 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

	Apulia	Beijing
Is a	RegionItaly	MunicipalityChina
Area, measured	19,500 km²7,510 mi²	16,300 km²6,270 mi²
Official area	19,500 km²Wikidata	16,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 20in Italy	29th of 31in China
Population	4.0 millionWikidata, 2019	21.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	8th of 20in Italy	26th of 31in China
Density	207 per km²	1,347 per km²
Capital	Bari	–
Latitude range	40°N to 42°N	39°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 19,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 19,500 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 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 Apulia is the provinces 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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