Kyoto is 1.02× the size of Molise

Kyoto (prefecture of Japan) covers about 4,610 km² (1,780 mi²) and Molise (region of Italy) about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

4,610km²Kyoto
4,530km²Molise

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What fits

Molise is 98% of the size of Kyoto.
Kyoto is larger by 85.9 km² (33.2 mi²), which is 1.9% of the area of Molise.
Measured in Belgiums: Kyoto is about 0.15, Molise about 0.15.

How they differ

Kyoto also has the larger population: 2.6 million against 304,000, 8.42× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 556 in Kyoto against 67 in Molise: Kyoto is 8.27× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,550 km apart.
On a standard web map Molise looks larger than Kyoto: Kyoto at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Molise at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Molise as 1.17× the size of Kyoto, when Kyoto is 1.02× the size of Molise.
Together Kyoto and Molise cover 9,140 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 9.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 85.9 km², is about the size of Maldives (109 km²).
At Molise's density, Kyoto would have 310,000 people (it has 2.6 million). At Kyoto's density, Molise would have 2.5 million (it has 304,000).
Molise's centre is 6.4° of latitude, about 720 km, farther north than Kyoto's.
Kyoto is the 30th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Molise is the 19th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
Molise lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 716 km) north of Kyoto.
Shared out evenly, each person in Kyoto would have about 1,800 m² and each person in Molise about 14,870 m².
Laid side by side, Kyoto and Molise would cover 9,140 km², 91% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Lithuania.

Side by side

	Kyoto	Molise
Is a	PrefectureJapan	RegionItaly
Area, measured	4,610 km²1,780 mi²	4,530 km²1,750 mi²
Official area	4,610 km²Wikidata	4,440 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	30th of 47in Japan	19th of 20in Italy
Population	2.6 millionWikidata, 2021	304,000Wikidata, 2019
Rank by population	13th of 47in Japan	19th of 20in Italy
Density	556 per km²	67 per km²
Capital	Kyoto	Campobasso
Latitude range	35°N to 36°N	41°N to 42°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 4,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,610 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 4,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,530 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 Molise 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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