Belgium is 2.03× the size of Calabria
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Calabria (region of Italy) about 15,100 km² (5,840 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 15,100km²Calabria
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- Belgium
- Calabria
What fits
- Calabria fits inside Belgium about 2.03 times by area.
- Belgium is larger by 15,500 km² (6,000 mi²), which is 103% of the area of Calabria.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Calabria about 0.36.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 1.9 million, 6.07× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 129 in Calabria: Belgium is 2.99× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,580 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Calabria at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Belgium as 3.04× the size of Calabria instead of 2.03×.
- Together Belgium and Calabria cover 45,800 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 15,500 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
- At Calabria's density, Belgium would have 3.9 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Calabria would have 5.8 million (it has 1.9 million).
- Belgium's centre is 11.6° of latitude, about 1,290 km, farther north than Calabria's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Calabria is the 10th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,290 km) north of Calabria.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Calabria about 7,770 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Calabria would cover 45,800 km², about the same size as Estonia.
- Together they have 13.8 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
- Counted as a country, Calabria would rank 159th by area and 149th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Calabria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 15,100 km²5,840 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 15,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 10th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 10th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 386 per km² | 129 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Catanzaro |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 38°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Calabria 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