Molise is 1.10× the size of Ishikawa
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Ishikawa (prefecture of Japan) about 4,110 km² (1,590 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 4,110km²Ishikawa
20 km
- Molise
- Ishikawa
What fits
- Ishikawa is 91% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 411 km² (159 mi²), which is 10.0% of the area of Ishikawa.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Ishikawa about 0.13.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Ishikawa has the larger population: 1.1 million against 304,000, 3.72× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 275 in Ishikawa against 67 in Molise: Ishikawa is 4.09× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Ishikawa at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Molise as 1.27× the size of Ishikawa instead of 1.10×.
- Together Molise and Ishikawa cover 8,640 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 16% bigger).
- The gap between them, 411 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
- At Ishikawa's density, Molise would have 1.2 million people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Ishikawa would have 277,000 (it has 1.1 million).
- Molise's centre is 4.9° of latitude, about 550 km, farther north than Ishikawa'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.
- Ishikawa is the 36th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 547 km) north of Ishikawa.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Ishikawa about 3,630 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Ishikawa would cover 8,640 km², 86% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as East Timor.
Side by side
| Molise | Ishikawa | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 4,110 km²1,590 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,190 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 36th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 33rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 67 per km² | 275 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Kanazawa |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 36°N to 38°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,110 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