Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 1.03× the size of Emilia-Romagna

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state of Germany) covers about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²) and Emilia-Romagna (region of Italy) about 22,500 km² (8,690 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
22,500km²Emilia-Romagna

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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Emilia-Romagna

What fits

Emilia-Romagna is 97% of the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger by 699 km² (270 mi²), which is 3.1% of the area of Emilia-Romagna.
Measured in Belgiums: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is about 0.76, Emilia-Romagna about 0.73.

How they differ

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger, but Emilia-Romagna has the larger population: 4.5 million against 1.6 million, 2.84× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 198 in Emilia-Romagna against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Emilia-Romagna is 2.93× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,030 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Emilia-Romagna at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 1.50× the size of Emilia-Romagna instead of 1.03×.
Together Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Emilia-Romagna cover 45,700 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 699 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
At Emilia-Romagna's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 4.6 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Emilia-Romagna would have 1.5 million (it has 4.5 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 9.2° of latitude, about 1,030 km, farther north than Emilia-Romagna's.
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.
Emilia-Romagna is the 6th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,030 km) north of Emilia-Romagna.
Shared out evenly, each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have about 14,770 m² and each person in Emilia-Romagna about 5,050 m².
Laid side by side, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Emilia-Romagna would cover 45,700 km², about the same size as Estonia.
Together they have 6.0 million people, about as many people as El Salvador.

Side by side

	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Emilia-Romagna
Is a	StateGermany	RegionItaly
Area, measured	23,200 km²8,960 mi²	22,500 km²8,690 mi²
Official area	23,200 km²Wikidata	22,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 16in Germany	6th of 20in Italy
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022	4.5 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	14th of 16in Germany	6th of 20in Italy
Density	68 per km²	198 per km²
Capital	Schwerin	Bologna
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	44°N to 45°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 22,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 22,500 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 Emilia-Romagna 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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