Basilicata is 1.75× the size of Prince Edward Island

Basilicata (region of Italy) covers about 10,100 km² (3,880 mi²) and Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

10,100km²Basilicata
5,730km²Prince Edward Island

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Basilicata
Prince Edward Island

What fits

Prince Edward Island is 57% of the size of Basilicata.
Basilicata is larger by 4,330 km² (1,670 mi²), which is 75% of the area of Prince Edward Island.
Measured in Belgiums: Basilicata is about 0.33, Prince Edward Island about 0.19.

How they differ

Basilicata also has the larger population: 563,000 against 154,000, 3.65× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 56 in Basilicata against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Basilicata is 2.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,160 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Basilicata at 41°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Prince Edward Island at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Basilicata as 1.44× the size of Prince Edward Island instead of 1.75×.
Together Basilicata and Prince Edward Island cover 15,800 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 4.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,330 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Prince Edward Island's density, Basilicata would have 271,000 people (it has 563,000). At Basilicata's density, Prince Edward Island would have 321,000 (it has 154,000).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 5.9° of latitude, about 660 km, farther north than Basilicata'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.
Prince Edward Island is the 13th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 656 km) north of Basilicata.
Shared out evenly, each person in Basilicata would have about 17,880 m² and each person in Prince Edward Island about 37,150 m².
Laid side by side, Basilicata and Prince Edward Island would cover 15,800 km², 1.05× the size of East Timor.
Together they have 717,000 people, 1.04× as many people as Luxembourg.

Side by side

	Basilicata	Prince Edward Island
Is a	RegionItaly	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	10,100 km²3,880 mi²	5,730 km²2,210 mi²
Official area	9,990 km²Wikidata	5,620 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 20in Italy	13th of 13in Canada
Population	563,000Wikidata, 2019	154,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	18th of 20in Italy	10th of 13in Canada
Density	56 per km²	27 per km²
Capital	Potenza	Charlottetown
Latitude range	40°N to 41°N	46°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 9,990 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,100 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 5,730 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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