Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 1.09× the size of Shanghai

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (region of Italy) covers about 7,340 km² (2,830 mi²) and Shanghai (municipality of China) about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

7,340km²Friuli-Venezia Giulia
6,750km²Shanghai

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Shanghai

What fits

Shanghai is 92% of the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is larger by 595 km² (230 mi²), which is 8.8% of the area of Shanghai.
Measured in Belgiums: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is about 0.24, Shanghai about 0.22.

How they differ

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.2 million, 20.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 166 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Shanghai is 22.3× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,810 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Friuli-Venezia Giulia at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Shanghai at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Friuli-Venezia Giulia as 1.66× the size of Shanghai instead of 1.09×.
Together Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Shanghai cover 14,100 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 2.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 595 km², is about the size of Tonga (603 km²).
At Shanghai's density, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have 27.1 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Friuli-Venezia Giulia's density, Shanghai would have 1.1 million (it has 24.9 million).
Friuli-Venezia Giulia's centre is 15.0° of latitude, about 1,660 km, farther north than Shanghai'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.
Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,660 km) north of Shanghai.
Shared out evenly, each person in Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have about 6,040 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
Laid side by side, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Shanghai would cover 14,100 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
Together they have 26.1 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Shanghai
Is a	RegionItaly	MunicipalityChina
Area, measured	7,340 km²2,830 mi²	6,750 km²2,600 mi²
Official area	7,860 km²Wikidata	6,340 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	17th of 20in Italy	31st of 31in China
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2019	24.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	15th of 20in Italy	23rd of 31in China
Density	166 per km²	3,687 per km²
Capital	Trieste	–
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	31°N to 32°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. 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 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 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. 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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