Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 4.23× the size of Liguria

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state of Germany) covers about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²) and Liguria (region of Italy) about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
5,490km²Liguria

50 km

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Liguria

What fits

Liguria fits inside Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 4.23 times by area.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger by 17,700 km² (6,840 mi²), which is 323% of the area of Liguria.
Measured in Belgiums: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is about 0.76, Liguria about 0.18.

How they differ

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 282 in Liguria against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Liguria is 4.17× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,090 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Liguria at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 6.20× the size of Liguria instead of 4.23×.
Together Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Liguria cover 28,700 km², close to the size of Albania (28,300 km², 1.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 17,700 km², is about the size of Kuwait (17,500 km²).
At Liguria's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 6.6 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Liguria would have 372,000 (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 9.5° of latitude, about 1,050 km, farther north than Liguria'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.
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.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,050 km) north of Liguria.
Shared out evenly, each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have about 14,770 m² and each person in Liguria about 3,540 m².
Laid side by side, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Liguria would cover 28,700 km², about the same size as Albania.
Together they have 3.1 million people, 1.07× as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Liguria
Is a	StateGermany	RegionItaly
Area, measured	23,200 km²8,960 mi²	5,490 km²2,120 mi²
Official area	23,200 km²Wikidata	5,420 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 16in Germany	18th of 20in Italy
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022	1.6 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	14th of 16in Germany	12th of 20in Italy
Density	68 per km²	282 per km²
Capital	Schwerin	Genoa
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 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 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

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