Molise is 1.13× the size of Nagasaki
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Nagasaki (prefecture of Japan) about 3,990 km² (1,540 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 3,990km²Nagasaki
50 km
- Molise
- Nagasaki
What fits
- Nagasaki is 88% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 534 km² (206 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Nagasaki.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Nagasaki about 0.13.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Nagasaki has the larger population: 1.3 million against 304,000, 4.30× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 328 in Nagasaki against 67 in Molise: Nagasaki is 4.87× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,370 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Nagasaki at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Molise as 1.42× the size of Nagasaki instead of 1.13×.
- Together Molise and Nagasaki cover 8,520 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 17% bigger).
- The gap between them, 534 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
- At Nagasaki's density, Molise would have 1.5 million people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Nagasaki would have 268,000 (it has 1.3 million).
- Molise's centre is 8.5° of latitude, about 940 km, farther north than Nagasaki'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.
- Nagasaki is the 38th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 940 km) north of Nagasaki.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Nagasaki about 3,050 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Nagasaki would cover 8,520 km², 85% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.6 million people, 88% as many people as North Macedonia.
Side by side
| Molise | Nagasaki | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 3,990 km²1,540 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,110 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 38th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 30th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 67 per km² | 328 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Nagasaki |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 33°N to 35°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%.
- Our measured 3,990 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,110 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. 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