Molise is 1.13× the size of Bueng Kan
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Bueng Kan (province of Thailand) about 3,990 km² (1,540 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 3,990km²Bueng Kan
20 km
- Molise
- Bueng Kan
What fits
- Bueng Kan is 88% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 538 km² (208 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Bueng Kan.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Bueng Kan about 0.13.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Bueng Kan has the larger population: 422,000 against 304,000, 1.39× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 106 in Bueng Kan against 67 in Molise: Bueng Kan is 1.57× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,610 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Bueng Kan at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Molise as 1.84× the size of Bueng Kan instead of 1.13×.
- Together Molise and Bueng Kan cover 8,510 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 18% bigger).
- The gap between them, 538 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
- At Bueng Kan's density, Molise would have 479,000 people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Bueng Kan would have 268,000 (it has 422,000).
- Molise's centre is 23.5° of latitude, about 2,620 km, farther north than Bueng Kan'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.
- Bueng Kan is the 55th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 49th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,620 km) north of Bueng Kan.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Bueng Kan about 9,450 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Bueng Kan would cover 8,510 km², 85% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 726,000 people, 1.05× as many people as Luxembourg.
Side by side
| Molise | Bueng Kan | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 3,990 km²1,540 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,310 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 55th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 422,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 62nd of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 67 per km² | 106 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Bueng Kan |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 18°N to 18°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,530 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 3,990 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,310 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Molise 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