Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 1.28× the size of Brunei

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (region of Italy) covers about 7,340 km² (2,830 mi²) and Brunei (Asia) about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

7,340km²Friuli-Venezia Giulia
5,720km²Brunei

50 km

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Brunei

What fits

Brunei is 78% of the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is larger by 1,620 km² (627 mi²), which is 28% of the area of Brunei.
Measured in Belgiums: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is about 0.24, Brunei about 0.19.

How they differ

Friuli-Venezia Giulia also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 459,000, 2.65× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 166 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia against 80 in Brunei: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 2.06× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Friuli-Venezia Giulia at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Brunei at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Friuli-Venezia Giulia as 2.66× the size of Brunei instead of 1.28×.
Together Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Brunei cover 13,100 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 3.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,620 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Brunei's density, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have 589,000 people (it has 1.2 million). At Friuli-Venezia Giulia's density, Brunei would have 946,000 (it has 459,000).
Friuli-Venezia Giulia's centre is 41.6° of latitude, about 4,630 km, farther north than Brunei's.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the 17th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Brunei ranks 173rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia lies about 42° of latitude (roughly 4,630 km) north of Brunei.
Shared out evenly, each person in Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have about 6,040 m² and each person in Brunei about 12,460 m².
Laid side by side, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Brunei would cover 13,100 km², 1.04× the size of the Bahamas.
Together they have 1.7 million people, 91% as many people as North Macedonia.
Counted as a country, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would rank 170th by area and 161st by population.

Side by side

	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Brunei
Is a	RegionItaly	CountryAsia
Area, measured	7,340 km²2,830 mi²	5,720 km²2,210 mi²
Official area	7,860 km²Wikidata	5,770 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	17th of 20in Italy	172nd of 239worldwide
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2019	459,000Wikidata, 2023
Rank by population	15th of 20in Italy	174th of 237worldwide
Density	166 per km²	80 per km²
Capital	Trieste	Bandar Seri Begawan
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	4°N to 5°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 7,340 km² is 6.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,860 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,770 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,720 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 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 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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