Basilicata is 1.74× the size of Federal District

Basilicata (region of Italy) covers about 10,100 km² (3,880 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

10,100km²Basilicata
5,790km²Federal District

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Basilicata
Federal District

What fits

Federal District is 58% of the size of Basilicata.
Basilicata is larger by 4,270 km² (1,650 mi²), which is 74% of the area of Federal District.
Measured in Belgiums: Basilicata is about 0.33, Federal District about 0.19.

How they differ

Basilicata is larger, but Federal District has the larger population: 2.8 million against 563,000, 5.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 56 in Basilicata: Federal District is 8.69× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,080 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Basilicata at 41°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Federal District at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Basilicata as 2.78× the size of Federal District instead of 1.74×.
Together Basilicata and Federal District cover 15,900 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 4.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,270 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Federal District's density, Basilicata would have 4.9 million people (it has 563,000). At Basilicata's density, Federal District would have 324,000 (it has 2.8 million).
Basilicata's centre is 56.3° of latitude, about 6,260 km, farther north than Federal District's.
Basilicata is the 14th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Basilicata lies about 56° of latitude (roughly 6,260 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Basilicata would have about 17,880 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
Laid side by side, Basilicata and Federal District would cover 15,900 km², 1.05× the size of East Timor.
Together they have 3.4 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	Basilicata	Federal District
Is a	RegionItaly	Federal DistrictBrazil
Area, measured	10,100 km²3,880 mi²	5,790 km²2,240 mi²
Official area	9,990 km²Wikidata	5,760 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 20in Italy	27th of 27in Brazil
Population	563,000Wikidata, 2019	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	18th of 20in Italy	20th of 27in Brazil
Density	56 per km²	486 per km²
Capital	Potenza	Brasília
Latitude range	40°N to 41°N	16°S to 15°S

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 9,990 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,100 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 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 Basilicata 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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