Calabria and East Timor are almost exactly the same size
Calabria (region of Italy) covers about 15,100 km² (5,840 mi²) and East Timor (Asia) about 15,100 km² (5,820 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 15,100km²Calabria
- 15,100km²East Timor
100 km
- Calabria
- East Timor
What fits
- East Timor is 100% of the size of Calabria.
- The measured areas differ by 38.6 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Calabria is about 0.49, East Timor about 0.49.
How they differ
- Calabria also has the larger population: 1.9 million against 1.4 million, 1.39× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 129 in Calabria against 93 in East Timor: Calabria is 1.39× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Calabria at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and East Timor at 9°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Calabria as 1.62× the size of East Timor instead of 1.00×.
- Together Calabria and East Timor cover 30,200 km², close to the size of Lesotho (30,100 km², 0.3% smaller).
- At East Timor's density, Calabria would have 1.4 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Calabria's density, East Timor would have 1.9 million (it has 1.4 million).
- Calabria's centre is 47.9° of latitude, about 5,330 km, farther north than East Timor's.
- 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.
- East Timor ranks 160th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Calabria lies about 48° of latitude (roughly 5,330 km) north of East Timor, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Calabria would have about 7,770 m² and each person in East Timor about 10,770 m².
- Laid side by side, Calabria and East Timor would cover 30,200 km², about the same size as Lesotho.
- Together they have 3.3 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.
- Counted as a country, Calabria would rank 159th by area and 149th by population.
Side by side
| Calabria | East Timor | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 15,100 km²5,840 mi² | 15,100 km²5,820 mi² |
| Official area | 15,200 km²Wikidata | 14,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 10th of 20in Italy | 159th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2019 | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 20in Italy | 155th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 129 per km² | 93 per km² |
| Capital | Catanzaro | Dili |
| Latitude range | 38°N to 40°N | 10°S to 8°S |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 14,900 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