Lazio is 1.05× the size of Beijing

Lazio (region of Italy) covers about 17,000 km² (6,580 mi²) and Beijing (municipality of China) about 16,300 km² (6,270 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

17,000km²Lazio
16,300km²Beijing

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Lazio
Beijing

What fits

Beijing is 95% of the size of Lazio.
Lazio is larger by 788 km² (304 mi²), which is 4.8% of the area of Beijing.
Measured in Belgiums: Lazio is about 0.56, Beijing about 0.53.

How they differ

Lazio is larger, but Beijing has the larger population: 21.9 million against 5.9 million, 3.72× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,347 in Beijing against 345 in Lazio: Beijing is 3.90× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,080 km apart.
Together Lazio and Beijing cover 33,300 km², close to the size of Moldova (33,200 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 788 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
At Beijing's density, Lazio would have 23.0 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Lazio's density, Beijing would have 5.6 million (it has 21.9 million).
Lazio's centre is 1.8° of latitude, about 200 km, farther north than Beijing's.
Lazio is the 9th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 5.7% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Beijing is the 29th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 42°N and 40°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Lazio would have about 2,900 m² and each person in Beijing about 740 m².
Laid side by side, Lazio and Beijing would cover 33,300 km², about the same size as Moldova.
Together they have 27.8 million people, about as many people as Australia.

Side by side

	Lazio	Beijing
Is a	RegionItaly	MunicipalityChina
Area, measured	17,000 km²6,580 mi²	16,300 km²6,270 mi²
Official area	17,200 km²Wikidata	16,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 20in Italy	29th of 31in China
Population	5.9 millionWikidata, 2019	21.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	2nd of 20in Italy	26th of 31in China
Density	345 per km²	1,347 per km²
Capital	Rome	–
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	39°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 17,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 17,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 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 Lazio 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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