Lombardy is 1.03× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Lombardy (region of Italy) covers about 24,000 km² (9,260 mi²) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state of Germany) about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

24,000km²Lombardy
23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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Lombardy
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

What fits

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 97% of the size of Lombardy.
Lombardy is larger by 769 km² (297 mi²), which is 3.3% of the area of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Measured in Belgiums: Lombardy is about 0.78, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 0.76.

How they differ

Lombardy also has the larger population: 10.1 million against 1.6 million, 6.41× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 420 in Lombardy against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Lombardy is 6.20× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 925 km apart.
On a standard web map Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania looks larger than Lombardy: Lombardy at 46°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 1.35× the size of Lombardy, when Lombardy is 1.03× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Together Lombardy and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania cover 47,200 km², close to the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km², 2.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 769 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Lombardy would have 1.6 million people (it has 10.1 million). At Lombardy's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 9.7 million (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 8.1° of latitude, about 900 km, farther north than Lombardy's.
Lombardy is the 4th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 8.0% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 904 km) north of Lombardy.
Shared out evenly, each person in Lombardy would have about 2,380 m² and each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 14,770 m².
Laid side by side, Lombardy and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would cover 47,200 km², about the same size as Dominican Republic.
Together they have 11.6 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.

Side by side

	Lombardy	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Is a	RegionItaly	StateGermany
Area, measured	24,000 km²9,260 mi²	23,200 km²8,960 mi²
Official area	23,900 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 20in Italy	6th of 16in Germany
Population	10.1 millionWikidata, 2019	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	1st of 20in Italy	14th of 16in Germany
Density	420 per km²	68 per km²
Capital	Milan	Schwerin
Latitude range	45°N to 47°N	53°N to 55°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 23,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 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 Lombardy 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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