Balearic Islands is 1.13× the size of Molise
Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²) and Molise (region of Italy) about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,120km²Balearic Islands
- 4,530km²Molise
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- Balearic Islands
- Molise
What fits
- Molise is 88% of the size of Balearic Islands.
- Balearic Islands is larger by 592 km² (228 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Molise.
- Measured in Belgiums: Balearic Islands is about 0.17, Molise about 0.15.
How they differ
- Balearic Islands also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 304,000, 3.87× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 230 in Balearic Islands against 67 in Molise: Balearic Islands is 3.42× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,010 km apart.
- Together Balearic Islands and Molise cover 9,640 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 3.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 592 km², is about the size of Tonga (603 km²).
- At Molise's density, Balearic Islands would have 344,000 people (it has 1.2 million). At Balearic Islands's density, Molise would have 1.0 million (it has 304,000).
- Molise's centre is 2.1° of latitude, about 240 km, farther north than Balearic Islands's.
- Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Molise is the 19th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 235 km) north of Balearic Islands.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Balearic Islands would have about 4,350 m² and each person in Molise about 14,870 m².
- Laid side by side, Balearic Islands and Molise would cover 9,640 km², 96% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.06× as many people as East Timor.
Side by side
| Balearic Islands | Molise | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 5,120 km²1,980 mi² | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² |
| Official area | 4,990 km²Wikidata | 4,440 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 19in Spain | 19th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2022 | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 19in Spain | 19th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 230 per km² | 67 per km² |
| Capital | Palma | Campobasso |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 41°N to 42°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,530 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 Molise 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