Kentucky is 4.65× the size of Emilia-Romagna
Kentucky (state of the United States) covers about 105,000 km² (40,400 mi²) and Emilia-Romagna (region of Italy) about 22,500 km² (8,690 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 105,000km²Kentucky
- 22,500km²Emilia-Romagna
200 km
- Kentucky
- Emilia-Romagna
What fits
- Emilia-Romagna fits inside Kentucky about 4.65 times by area.
- Kentucky is larger by 82,100 km² (31,700 mi²), which is 365% of the area of Emilia-Romagna.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kentucky is about 3.41, Emilia-Romagna about 0.73.
How they differ
- Kentucky also has the larger population: 4.5 million against 4.5 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 198 in Emilia-Romagna against 43 in Kentucky: Emilia-Romagna is 4.60× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,630 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kentucky at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Emilia-Romagna at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Kentucky as 3.76× the size of Emilia-Romagna instead of 4.65×.
- Together Kentucky and Emilia-Romagna cover 127,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 82,100 km², is about the size of Austria (84,000 km²).
- At Emilia-Romagna's density, Kentucky would have 20.7 million people (it has 4.5 million). At Kentucky's density, Emilia-Romagna would have 970,000 (it has 4.5 million).
- Emilia-Romagna's centre is 7.0° of latitude, about 780 km, farther north than Kentucky's.
- Kentucky is the 36th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Emilia-Romagna is the 6th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Emilia-Romagna lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 778 km) north of Kentucky.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kentucky would have about 23,210 m² and each person in Emilia-Romagna about 5,050 m².
- Laid side by side, Kentucky and Emilia-Romagna would cover 127,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
- Together they have 9.0 million people, about as many people as Austria.
Side by side
| Kentucky | Emilia-Romagna | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 105,000 km²40,400 mi² | 22,500 km²8,690 mi² |
| Official area | 105,000 km²Wikidata | 22,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 36th of 51in the United States | 6th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 4.5 millionWikidata, 2020 | 4.5 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 51in the United States | 6th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 43 per km² | 198 per km² |
| Capital | Frankfort | Bologna |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 39°N | 44°N to 45°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 105,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 105,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 22,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 22,500 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Emilia-Romagna 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