Molise is 1.15× the size of Cape Verde
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Cape Verde (Africa) about 3,930 km² (1,520 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 3,930km²Cape Verde
50 km
- Molise
- Cape Verde
What fits
- Cape Verde is 87% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 598 km² (231 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Cape Verde.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Cape Verde about 0.13.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Cape Verde has the larger population: 556,000 against 304,000, 1.83× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 142 in Cape Verde against 67 in Molise: Cape Verde is 2.11× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,660 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Cape Verde at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Molise as 1.91× the size of Cape Verde instead of 1.15×.
- Together Molise and Cape Verde cover 8,450 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 18% bigger).
- The gap between them, 598 km², is about the size of Tonga (603 km²).
- At Cape Verde's density, Molise would have 641,000 people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Cape Verde would have 264,000 (it has 556,000).
- Molise's centre is 25.7° of latitude, about 2,860 km, farther north than Cape Verde'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.
- Cape Verde ranks 176th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Molise lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,860 km) north of Cape Verde.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Cape Verde about 7,060 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Cape Verde would cover 8,450 km², 84% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 860,000 people, about as many people as Guyana.
- Counted as a country, Molise would rank 175th by area and 178th by population.
Side by side
| Molise | Cape Verde | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 3,930 km²1,520 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,030 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 175th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 556,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 171st of 237worldwide |
| Density | 67 per km² | 142 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Praia |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 15°N to 17°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 3,930 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,030 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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. 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