Molise is 1.07× the size of Fukui
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Fukui (prefecture of Japan) about 4,220 km² (1,630 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 4,220km²Fukui
20 km
- Molise
- Fukui
What fits
- Fukui is 93% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 305 km² (118 mi²), which is 7.2% of the area of Fukui.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Fukui about 0.14.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Fukui has the larger population: 765,000 against 304,000, 2.51× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 181 in Fukui against 67 in Molise: Fukui is 2.69× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,550 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Fukui at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Molise as 1.26× the size of Fukui instead of 1.07×.
- Together Molise and Fukui cover 8,750 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 14% bigger).
- The gap between them, 305 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
- At Fukui's density, Molise would have 820,000 people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Fukui would have 284,000 (it has 765,000).
- Molise's centre is 5.9° of latitude, about 650 km, farther north than Fukui'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.
- Fukui is the 35th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 652 km) north of Fukui.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Fukui about 5,520 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Fukui would cover 8,750 km², 87% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.1 million people, 93% as many people as Djibouti.
Side by side
| Molise | Fukui | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 4,220 km²1,630 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,190 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 35th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 765,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 43rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 67 per km² | 181 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Fukui |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2021. 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 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,220 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 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