Molise is 1.07× the size of Nong Bua Lamphu
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Nong Bua Lamphu (province of Thailand) about 4,240 km² (1,640 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 4,240km²Nong Bua Lamphu
20 km
- Molise
- Nong Bua Lamphu
What fits
- Nong Bua Lamphu is 94% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 280 km² (108 mi²), which is 6.6% of the area of Nong Bua Lamphu.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Nong Bua Lamphu about 0.14.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Nong Bua Lamphu has the larger population: 509,000 against 304,000, 1.67× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 120 in Nong Bua Lamphu against 67 in Molise: Nong Bua Lamphu is 1.78× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,560 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Nong Bua Lamphu at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Molise as 1.74× the size of Nong Bua Lamphu instead of 1.07×.
- Together Molise and Nong Bua Lamphu cover 8,770 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 14% bigger).
- The gap between them, 280 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
- At Nong Bua Lamphu's density, Molise would have 543,000 people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Nong Bua Lamphu would have 285,000 (it has 509,000).
- Molise's centre is 24.5° of latitude, about 2,730 km, farther north than Nong Bua Lamphu'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.
- Nong Bua Lamphu is the 49th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,730 km) north of Nong Bua Lamphu.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Nong Bua Lamphu about 8,330 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Nong Bua Lamphu would cover 8,770 km², 88% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 814,000 people, 1.03× as many people as Bhutan.
Side by side
| Molise | Nong Bua Lamphu | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 4,240 km²1,640 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 3,860 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 49th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 509,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 53rd of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 67 per km² | 120 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Nong Bua Lam Phu |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 17°N to 18°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%.
- Our measured 4,240 km² is 10.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,860 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