Molise is 1.73× the size of Luxembourg
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Luxembourg (Europe) about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 2,610km²Luxembourg
20 km
- Molise
- Luxembourg
What fits
- Luxembourg is 58% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 1,920 km² (740 mi²), which is 73% of the area of Luxembourg.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Luxembourg about 0.09.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Luxembourg has the larger population: 691,000 against 304,000, 2.27× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 265 in Luxembourg against 67 in Molise: Luxembourg is 3.94× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,110 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Molise as 1.30× the size of Luxembourg instead of 1.73×.
- Together Molise and Luxembourg cover 7,130 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 15% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,920 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Luxembourg's density, Molise would have 1.2 million people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Luxembourg would have 175,000 (it has 691,000).
- Luxembourg's centre is 8.1° of latitude, about 900 km, farther north than Molise'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.
- Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Luxembourg lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 898 km) north of Molise.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Luxembourg about 3,780 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Luxembourg would cover 7,130 km², 1.25× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 995,000 people, 1.07× as many people as Fiji.
- Counted as a country, Molise would rank 175th by area and 178th by population.
Side by side
| Molise | Luxembourg | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 2,610 km²1,010 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 2,590 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 180th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 691,000Wikidata, 2026 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 166th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 67 per km² | 265 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Luxembourg |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2026. 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 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.
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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