Federal District is 1.28× the size of Molise

Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Molise (region of Italy) about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,790km²Federal District
4,530km²Molise

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Federal District
Molise

What fits

Molise is 78% of the size of Federal District.
Federal District is larger by 1,270 km² (489 mi²), which is 28% of the area of Molise.
Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Molise about 0.15.

How they differ

Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 304,000, 9.26× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 67 in Molise: Federal District is 7.23× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,030 km apart.
On a standard web map Molise looks larger than Federal District: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Molise at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Molise as 1.30× the size of Federal District, when Federal District is 1.28× the size of Molise.
Together Federal District and Molise cover 10,300 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 1.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,270 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Molise's density, Federal District would have 389,000 people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Molise would have 2.2 million (it has 304,000).
Molise's centre is 57.5° of latitude, about 6,390 km, farther north than Federal District's.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Molise is the 19th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
Molise lies about 57° of latitude (roughly 6,390 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Federal District would have about 2,060 m² and each person in Molise about 14,870 m².
Laid side by side, Federal District and Molise would cover 10,300 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
Together they have 3.1 million people, 1.07× as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

	Federal District	Molise
Is a	Federal DistrictBrazil	RegionItaly
Area, measured	5,790 km²2,240 mi²	4,530 km²1,750 mi²
Official area	5,760 km²Wikidata	4,440 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 27in Brazil	19th of 20in Italy
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	304,000Wikidata, 2019
Rank by population	20th of 27in Brazil	19th of 20in Italy
Density	486 per km²	67 per km²
Capital	Brasília	Campobasso
Latitude range	16°S to 15°S	41°N to 42°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 4,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,530 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 Molise 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

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