Liguria is 1.03× the size of Cantabria
Liguria (region of Italy) covers about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²) and Cantabria (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,490km²Liguria
- 5,350km²Cantabria
50 km
- Liguria
- Cantabria
What fits
- Cantabria is 97% of the size of Liguria.
- Liguria is larger by 144 km² (55.5 mi²), which is 2.7% of the area of Cantabria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Liguria is about 0.18, Cantabria about 0.17.
How they differ
- Liguria also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 592,000, 2.62× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 282 in Liguria against 111 in Cantabria: Liguria is 2.55× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,030 km apart.
- Together Liguria and Cantabria cover 10,800 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 0.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 144 km², is about the size of Liechtenstein (137 km²).
- At Cantabria's density, Liguria would have 607,000 people (it has 1.6 million). At Liguria's density, Cantabria would have 1.5 million (it has 592,000).
- Liguria's centre is 1.1° of latitude, about 120 km, farther north than Cantabria'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.
- Cantabria is the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 44°N and 43°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Liguria would have about 3,540 m² and each person in Cantabria about 9,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Liguria and Cantabria would cover 10,800 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
- Together they have 2.1 million people, 1.04× as many people as Slovenia.
Side by side
| Liguria | Cantabria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 5,490 km²2,120 mi² | 5,350 km²2,060 mi² |
| Official area | 5,420 km²Wikidata | 5,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 18th of 20in Italy | 15th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2019 | 592,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 20in Italy | 16th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 282 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Genoa | Santander |
| Latitude range | 44°N to 45°N | 43°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 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 Liguria 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