Liguria is 1.02× the size of Cyprus
Liguria (region of Italy) covers about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²) and Cyprus (Asia) about 5,400 km² (2,080 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,490km²Liguria
- 5,400km²Cyprus
50 km
- Liguria
- Cyprus
What fits
- Cyprus is 98% of the size of Liguria.
- Liguria is larger by 96.4 km² (37.2 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Cyprus.
- Measured in Belgiums: Liguria is about 0.18, Cyprus about 0.18.
How they differ
- Liguria also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.3 million, 1.15× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 282 in Liguria against 249 in Cyprus: Liguria is 1.13× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,320 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Liguria at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Cyprus at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.33× the size of Cyprus instead of 1.02×.
- Together Liguria and Cyprus cover 10,900 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 96.4 km², is about the size of Maldives (109 km²).
- At Cyprus's density, Liguria would have 1.4 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Liguria's density, Cyprus would have 1.5 million (it has 1.3 million).
- Liguria's centre is 9.4° of latitude, about 1,040 km, farther north than Cyprus'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.
- Cyprus ranks 174th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Liguria lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,040 km) north of Cyprus.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Liguria would have about 3,540 m² and each person in Cyprus about 4,010 m².
- Laid side by side, Liguria and Cyprus would cover 10,900 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
- Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Armenia.
- Counted as a country, Liguria would rank 173rd by area and 155th by population.
Side by side
| Liguria | Cyprus | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 5,490 km²2,120 mi² | 5,400 km²2,080 mi² |
| Official area | 5,420 km²Wikidata | 9,240 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 18th of 20in Italy | 173rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2019 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 20in Italy | 158th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 282 per km² | 249 per km² |
| Capital | Genoa | Nicosia |
| Latitude range | 44°N to 45°N | 35°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2023. 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 5,400 km² is 42% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,240 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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