Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 1.36× the size of Cyprus

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (region of Italy) covers about 7,340 km² (2,830 mi²) and Cyprus (Asia) about 5,400 km² (2,080 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

7,340km²Friuli-Venezia Giulia
5,400km²Cyprus

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Cyprus

What fits

Cyprus is 73% of the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is larger by 1,950 km² (752 mi²), which is 36% of the area of Cyprus.
Measured in Belgiums: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is about 0.24, Cyprus about 0.18.

How they differ

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is larger, but Cyprus has the larger population: 1.3 million against 1.2 million, 1.11× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 249 in Cyprus against 166 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Cyprus is 1.51× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,090 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Friuli-Venezia Giulia at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Cyprus at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Friuli-Venezia Giulia as 1.91× the size of Cyprus instead of 1.36×.
Together Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Cyprus cover 12,700 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 1.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,950 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Cyprus's density, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have 1.8 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Friuli-Venezia Giulia's density, Cyprus would have 893,000 (it has 1.3 million).
Friuli-Venezia Giulia's centre is 11.2° of latitude, about 1,250 km, farther north than Cyprus'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.
Cyprus ranks 174th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,250 km) north of Cyprus.
Shared out evenly, each person in Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have about 6,040 m² and each person in Cyprus about 4,010 m².
Laid side by side, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Cyprus would cover 12,700 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Namibia.
Counted as a country, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would rank 170th by area and 161st by population.

Side by side

	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Cyprus
Is a	RegionItaly	CountryAsia
Area, measured	7,340 km²2,830 mi²	5,400 km²2,080 mi²
Official area	7,860 km²Wikidata	9,240 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	17th of 20in Italy	173rd of 239worldwide
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2019	1.3 millionWikidata, 2023
Rank by population	15th of 20in Italy	158th of 237worldwide
Density	166 per km²	249 per km²
Capital	Trieste	Nicosia
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	35°N to 35°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.
Our measured 5,400 km² is 42% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,240 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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