Belgium is 1.20× the size of Piedmont
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Piedmont (region of Italy) about 25,500 km² (9,850 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 25,500km²Piedmont
50 km
- Belgium
- Piedmont
What fits
- Piedmont is 83% of the size of Belgium.
- Belgium is larger by 5,160 km² (1,990 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Piedmont.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Piedmont about 0.62.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 4.3 million, 2.72× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 170 in Piedmont: Belgium is 2.27× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 666 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Piedmont at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Belgium as 1.49× the size of Piedmont instead of 1.20×.
- Together Belgium and Piedmont cover 56,200 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 1.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 5,160 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
- At Piedmont's density, Belgium would have 5.2 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Piedmont would have 9.8 million (it has 4.3 million).
- Belgium's centre is 5.6° of latitude, about 620 km, farther north than Piedmont's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Piedmont is the 2nd largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 8.5% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 620 km) north of Piedmont.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Piedmont about 5,880 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Piedmont would cover 56,200 km², about the same size as Togo.
- Together they have 16.2 million people, 96% as many people as Senegal.
- Counted as a country, Piedmont would rank 148th by area and 130th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Piedmont | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 25,500 km²9,850 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 25,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 2nd of 20in Italy |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 4.3 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 7th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 386 per km² | 170 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Turin |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 44°N to 46°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 25,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,500 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 Piedmont 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