Lazio is 1.06× the size of Thuringia

Lazio (region of Italy) covers about 17,000 km² (6,580 mi²) and Thuringia (state of Germany) about 16,100 km² (6,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

17,000km²Lazio
16,100km²Thuringia

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Lazio
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What fits

Thuringia is 94% of the size of Lazio.
Lazio is larger by 972 km² (375 mi²), which is 6.0% of the area of Thuringia.
Measured in Belgiums: Lazio is about 0.56, Thuringia about 0.52.

How they differ

Lazio also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 2.1 million, 2.79× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 345 in Lazio against 131 in Thuringia: Lazio is 2.63× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,000 km apart.
On a standard web map Thuringia looks larger than Lazio: Lazio at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Thuringia at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Thuringia as 1.31× the size of Lazio, when Lazio is 1.06× the size of Thuringia.
Together Lazio and Thuringia cover 33,100 km², close to the size of Moldova (33,200 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 972 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
At Thuringia's density, Lazio would have 2.2 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Lazio's density, Thuringia would have 5.5 million (it has 2.1 million).
Thuringia's centre is 8.9° of latitude, about 990 km, farther north than Lazio'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.
Thuringia is the 11th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.5% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Thuringia lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 991 km) north of Lazio.
Shared out evenly, each person in Lazio would have about 2,900 m² and each person in Thuringia about 7,610 m².
Laid side by side, Lazio and Thuringia would cover 33,100 km², about the same size as Moldova.
Together they have 8.0 million people, about as many people as Togo.

Side by side

	Lazio	Thuringia
Is a	RegionItaly	StateGermany
Area, measured	17,000 km²6,580 mi²	16,100 km²6,200 mi²
Official area	17,200 km²Wikidata	16,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 20in Italy	11th of 16in Germany
Population	5.9 millionWikidata, 2019	2.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	2nd of 20in Italy	12th of 16in Germany
Density	345 per km²	131 per km²
Capital	Rome	Erfurt
Latitude range	41°N to 43°N	50°N to 52°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2022. 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 16,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,100 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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