Molise is 1.12× the size of Phang Nga
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Phang Nga (province of Thailand) about 4,060 km² (1,570 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 4,060km²Phang Nga
20 km
- Molise
- Phang Nga
What fits
- Phang Nga is 90% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 470 km² (181 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Phang Nga.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Phang Nga about 0.13.
How they differ
- Molise also has the larger population: 304,000 against 268,000, 1.13× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 67 in Molise against 66 in Phang Nga: Molise is 1.02× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,860 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Phang Nga at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Molise as 1.96× the size of Phang Nga instead of 1.12×.
- Together Molise and Phang Nga cover 8,580 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 17% bigger).
- The gap between them, 470 km², is about the size of Curaçao (463 km²).
- At Phang Nga's density, Molise would have 299,000 people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Phang Nga would have 273,000 (it has 268,000).
- Molise's centre is 33.0° of latitude, about 3,670 km, farther north than Phang Nga'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.
- Phang Nga is the 54th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 68th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,670 km) north of Phang Nga.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Phang Nga about 15,120 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Phang Nga would cover 8,580 km², 86% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 573,000 people, about as many people as Suriname.
Side by side
| Molise | Phang Nga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 4,060 km²1,570 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,170 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 54th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 268,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 72nd of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 67 per km² | 66 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Phang Nga |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 8°N to 9°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 4,060 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,170 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