Maharashtra is 1.02× the size of Italy
Maharashtra (state of India) covers about 307,000 km² (118,000 mi²) and Italy (Europe) about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 307,000km²Maharashtra
- 301,000km²Italy
200 km
- Maharashtra
- Italy
What fits
- Italy is 98% of the size of Maharashtra.
- Maharashtra is larger by 5,380 km² (2,080 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Italy.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maharashtra is about 10.00, Italy about 9.82.
How they differ
- Maharashtra also has the larger population: 112.4 million against 58.9 million, 1.91× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 367 in Maharashtra against 195 in Italy: Maharashtra is 1.88× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,440 km apart.
- On a standard web map Italy looks larger than Maharashtra: Maharashtra at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Italy at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Italy as 1.62× the size of Maharashtra, when Maharashtra is 1.02× the size of Italy.
- Together Maharashtra and Italy cover 608,000 km², close to the size of Central African Republic (618,000 km², 1.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 5,380 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- At Italy's density, Maharashtra would have 59.9 million people (it has 112.4 million). At Maharashtra's density, Italy would have 110.4 million (it has 58.9 million).
- Italy's centre is 23.2° of latitude, about 2,580 km, farther north than Maharashtra's.
- Maharashtra is the 3rd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 9.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
- Italy ranks 73rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Italy lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,580 km) north of Maharashtra.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Maharashtra would have about 2,730 m² and each person in Italy about 5,120 m².
- Laid side by side, Maharashtra and Italy would cover 608,000 km², about the same size as the Central African Republic.
- Together they have 171.2 million people, about as many people as Bangladesh.
- Counted as a country, Maharashtra would rank 72nd by area and 15th by population.
Side by side
| Maharashtra | Italy | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 307,000 km²118,000 mi² | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² |
| Official area | 308,000 km²Wikidata | 302,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 36in India | 72nd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 112.4 millionWikidata, 2011 | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 36in India | 24th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 367 per km² | 195 per km² |
| Capital | Mumbai; Nagpur | Rome |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 22°N | 35°N to 47°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 308,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 307,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 km², to within 2%.
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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
- 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