Molise is 1.93× the size of Australian Capital Territory

What fits

• Australian Capital Territory is 52% of the size of Molise.
• Molise is larger by 2,180 km² (840 mi²), which is 93% of the area of Australian Capital Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Australian Capital Territory about 0.08.

How they differ

• Molise is larger, but Australian Capital Territory has the larger population: 482,000 against 304,000, 1.58× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 205 in Australian Capital Territory against 67 in Molise: Australian Capital Territory is 3.05× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Australian Capital Territory at 35°S about 1.5×, so the map shows Molise as 2.29× the size of Australian Capital Territory instead of 1.93×.
• Together Molise and Australian Capital Territory cover 6,870 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 12% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,180 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Australian Capital Territory's density, Molise would have 928,000 people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 158,000 (it has 482,000).
• Molise's centre is 77.2° of latitude, about 8,580 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Molise is the 19th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
• Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Molise lies about 77° of latitude (roughly 8,580 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Australian Capital Territory about 4,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Molise and Australian Capital Territory would cover 6,870 km², 1.20× the size of Brunei.
• Together they have 786,000 people, about as many people as Bhutan.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 4,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,530 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.

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