Molise is 1.32× the size of Goa
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Goa (state of India) about 3,420 km² (1,320 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 3,420km²Goa
20 km
- Molise
- Goa
What fits
- Goa is 76% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 1,100 km² (426 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Goa.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Goa about 0.11.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Goa has the larger population: 1.5 million against 304,000, 4.79× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 426 in Goa against 67 in Molise: Goa is 6.34× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,360 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Goa at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Molise as 2.21× the size of Goa instead of 1.32×.
- Together Molise and Goa cover 7,950 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 26% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,100 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Goa's density, Molise would have 1.9 million people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Goa would have 230,000 (it has 1.5 million).
- Molise's centre is 26.3° of latitude, about 2,930 km, farther north than Goa'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.
- Goa is the 31st largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,930 km) north of Goa.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Goa about 2,350 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Goa would cover 7,950 km², 79% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.8 million people, 96% as many people as North Macedonia.
Side by side
| Molise | Goa | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 3,420 km²1,320 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 3,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 31st of 36in India |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 1.5 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 27th of 36in India |
| Density | 67 per km² | 426 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Panaji |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 15°N to 16°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2011. 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 3,420 km² is 7.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,700 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