Calabria is 1.25× the size of Île-de-France

Calabria (region of Italy) covers about 15,100 km² (5,840 mi²) and Île-de-France (region of France) about 12,100 km² (4,670 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,100km²Calabria
12,100km²Île-de-France

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Calabria
Île-de-France

What fits

Île-de-France is 80% of the size of Calabria.
Calabria is larger by 3,020 km² (1,160 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Île-de-France.
Measured in Belgiums: Calabria is about 0.49, Île-de-France about 0.39.

How they differ

Calabria is larger, but Île-de-France has the larger population: 12.4 million against 1.9 million, 6.36× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,023 in Île-de-France against 129 in Calabria: Île-de-France is 7.94× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,540 km apart.
On a standard web map Île-de-France looks larger than Calabria: Calabria at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Île-de-France at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Île-de-France as 1.11× the size of Calabria, when Calabria is 1.25× the size of Île-de-France.
Together Calabria and Île-de-France cover 27,200 km², close to the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,020 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Île-de-France's density, Calabria would have 15.5 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Calabria's density, Île-de-France would have 1.6 million (it has 12.4 million).
Île-de-France's centre is 9.6° of latitude, about 1,070 km, farther north than Calabria'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.
Île-de-France is the 13th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Île-de-France lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,070 km) north of Calabria.
Shared out evenly, each person in Calabria would have about 7,770 m² and each person in Île-de-France about 980 m².
Laid side by side, Calabria and Île-de-France would cover 27,200 km², about the same size as the Solomon Islands.
Together they have 14.3 million people, about as many people as Benin.

Side by side

	Calabria	Île-de-France
Is a	RegionItaly	RegionFrance
Area, measured	15,100 km²5,840 mi²	12,100 km²4,670 mi²
Official area	15,200 km²Wikidata	12,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 20in Italy	13th of 18in France
Population	1.9 millionWikidata, 2019	12.4 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	10th of 20in Italy	1st of 18in France
Density	129 per km²	1,023 per km²
Capital	Catanzaro	Paris
Latitude range	38°N to 40°N	48°N to 49°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2022. 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 12,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,100 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Calabria is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders. The outline of Île-de-France is the departments 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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