Belgium is 1.80× the size of Lazio
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Lazio (region of Italy) about 17,000 km² (6,580 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 17,000km²Lazio
50 km
- Belgium
- Lazio
What fits
- Lazio is 56% of the size of Belgium.
- Belgium is larger by 13,600 km² (5,260 mi²), which is 80% of the area of Lazio.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Lazio about 0.41.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 5.9 million, 2.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 345 in Lazio: Belgium is 1.12× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,150 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Lazio at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Belgium as 2.47× the size of Lazio instead of 1.80×.
- Together Belgium and Lazio cover 47,700 km², close to the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 13,600 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
- At Lazio's density, Belgium would have 10.6 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Lazio would have 6.6 million (it has 5.9 million).
- Belgium's centre is 8.7° of latitude, about 960 km, farther north than Lazio's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Lazio is the 9th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 5.7% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 963 km) north of Lazio.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Lazio about 2,900 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Lazio would cover 47,700 km², about the same size as Dominican Republic.
- Together they have 17.7 million people, about as many people as Malawi.
- Counted as a country, Lazio would rank 159th by area and 115th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Lazio | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 17,000 km²6,580 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 17,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 9th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 2nd of 20in Italy |
| Density | 386 per km² | 345 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Rome |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 41°N to 43°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 17,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 17,000 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 Lazio 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