Greece is 5.48× the size of Lombardy
Greece (Europe) covers about 131,000 km² (50,700 mi²) and Lombardy (region of Italy) about 24,000 km² (9,260 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 131,000km²Greece
- 24,000km²Lombardy
200 km
- Greece
- Lombardy
What fits
- Lombardy fits inside Greece about 5.48 times by area.
- Greece is larger by 107,000 km² (41,500 mi²), which is 448% of the area of Lombardy.
- Measured in Belgiums: Greece is about 4.28, Lombardy about 0.78.
How they differ
- Greece also has the larger population: 10.5 million against 10.1 million, 1.04× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 420 in Lombardy against 80 in Greece: Lombardy is 5.26× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,310 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Greece at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Lombardy at 46°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Greece as 4.44× the size of Lombardy instead of 5.48×.
- Together Greece and Lombardy cover 155,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 107,000 km², is about the size of Guatemala (109,000 km²).
- At Lombardy's density, Greece would have 55.2 million people (it has 10.5 million). At Greece's density, Lombardy would have 1.9 million (it has 10.1 million).
- Lombardy's centre is 6.6° of latitude, about 730 km, farther north than Greece's.
- Greece ranks 98th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Lombardy is the 4th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 8.0% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Lombardy lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 734 km) north of Greece.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Greece would have about 12,530 m² and each person in Lombardy about 2,380 m².
- Laid side by side, Greece and Lombardy would cover 155,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 20.5 million people, about as many people as Kazakhstan.
- Counted as a country, Lombardy would rank 150th by area and 92nd by population.
Side by side
| Greece | Lombardy | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 131,000 km²50,700 mi² | 24,000 km²9,260 mi² |
| Official area | 132,000 km²Wikidata | 23,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 97th of 239worldwide | 4th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 10.5 millionWikidata, 2021 | 10.1 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 88th of 237worldwide | 1st of 20in Italy |
| Density | 80 per km² | 420 per km² |
| Capital | Athens | Milan |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 42°N | 45°N to 47°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 23,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,000 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 Lombardy 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