Gambia is 1.04× the size of Basilicata
Gambia (Africa) covers about 10,500 km² (4,050 mi²) and Basilicata (region of Italy) about 10,100 km² (3,880 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 10,500km²Gambia
- 10,100km²Basilicata
100 km
- Gambia
- Basilicata
What fits
- Basilicata is 96% of the size of Gambia.
- Gambia is larger by 440 km² (170 mi²), which is 4.4% of the area of Basilicata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Gambia is about 0.34, Basilicata about 0.33.
How they differ
- Gambia also has the larger population: 2.6 million against 563,000, 4.69× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 251 in Gambia against 56 in Basilicata: Gambia is 4.49× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,290 km apart.
- On a standard web map Basilicata looks larger than Gambia: Gambia at 13°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Basilicata at 41°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Basilicata as 1.57× the size of Gambia, when Gambia is 1.04× the size of Basilicata.
- Together Gambia and Basilicata cover 20,600 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 0.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 440 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
- At Basilicata's density, Gambia would have 587,000 people (it has 2.6 million). At Gambia's density, Basilicata would have 2.5 million (it has 563,000).
- Basilicata's centre is 27.0° of latitude, about 3,010 km, farther north than Gambia's.
- Gambia ranks 168th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Basilicata is the 14th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Basilicata lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 3,010 km) north of Gambia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Gambia would have about 3,980 m² and each person in Basilicata about 17,880 m².
- Laid side by side, Gambia and Basilicata would cover 20,600 km², about the same size as El Salvador.
- Together they have 3.2 million people, 94% as many people as Mongolia.
- Counted as a country, Basilicata would rank 168th by area and 171st by population.
Side by side
| Gambia | Basilicata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 10,500 km²4,050 mi² | 10,100 km²3,880 mi² |
| Official area | 11,300 km²Wikidata | 9,990 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 167th of 239worldwide | 14th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2021 | 563,000Wikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 141st of 237worldwide | 18th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 251 per km² | 56 per km² |
| Capital | Banjul | Potenza |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N | 40°N to 41°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 10,500 km² is 7.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 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 9,990 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,100 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 Basilicata 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