Liguria is 1.07× the size of Balearic Islands

What fits

• Balearic Islands is 93% of the size of Liguria.
• Liguria is larger by 375 km² (145 mi²), which is 7.3% of the area of Balearic Islands.
• Measured in Belgiums: Liguria is about 0.18, Balearic Islands about 0.17.

How they differ

• Liguria also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.2 million, 1.32× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 282 in Liguria against 230 in Balearic Islands: Liguria is 1.23× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 707 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Liguria at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Balearic Islands at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.24× the size of Balearic Islands instead of 1.07×.
• Together Liguria and Balearic Islands cover 10,600 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 1.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 375 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
• At Balearic Islands's density, Liguria would have 1.3 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Liguria's density, Balearic Islands would have 1.4 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Liguria's centre is 4.7° of latitude, about 520 km, farther north than Balearic Islands's.
• Liguria is the 18th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
• Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Liguria lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 522 km) north of Balearic Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Liguria would have about 3,540 m² and each person in Balearic Islands about 4,350 m².
• Laid side by side, Liguria and Balearic Islands would cover 10,600 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
• Together they have 2.7 million people, about as many people as Jamaica.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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