Apulia is 1.07× the size of Saxony

Apulia (region of Italy) covers about 19,500 km² (7,510 mi²) and Saxony (state of Germany) about 18,200 km² (7,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

19,500km²Apulia
18,200km²Saxony

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What fits

Saxony is 93% of the size of Apulia.
Apulia is larger by 1,290 km² (496 mi²), which is 7.1% of the area of Saxony.
Measured in Belgiums: Apulia is about 0.63, Saxony about 0.59.

How they differ

Apulia is larger, but Saxony has the larger population: 4.1 million against 4.0 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 225 in Saxony against 207 in Apulia: Saxony is 1.09× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,150 km apart.
On a standard web map Saxony looks larger than Apulia: Apulia at 41°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Saxony at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Saxony as 1.35× the size of Apulia, when Apulia is 1.07× the size of Saxony.
Together Apulia and Saxony cover 37,600 km², close to the size of Netherlands (37,100 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,290 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Saxony's density, Apulia would have 4.4 million people (it has 4.0 million). At Apulia's density, Saxony would have 3.8 million (it has 4.1 million).
Saxony's centre is 10.1° of latitude, about 1,120 km, farther north than Apulia'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.
Saxony is the 10th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.1% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Saxony lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,120 km) north of Apulia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Apulia would have about 4,830 m² and each person in Saxony about 4,450 m².
Laid side by side, Apulia and Saxony would cover 37,600 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
Together they have 8.1 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Apulia	Saxony
Is a	RegionItaly	StateGermany
Area, measured	19,500 km²7,510 mi²	18,200 km²7,010 mi²
Official area	19,500 km²Wikidata	18,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 20in Italy	10th of 16in Germany
Population	4.0 millionWikidata, 2019	4.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	8th of 20in Italy	7th of 16in Germany
Density	207 per km²	225 per km²
Capital	Bari	Dresden
Latitude range	40°N to 42°N	50°N to 52°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2022. 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 18,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 18,200 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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