Molise is 1.70× the size of Saarland
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Saarland (state of Germany) about 2,650 km² (1,020 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 2,650km²Saarland
20 km
- Molise
- Saarland
What fits
- Saarland is 59% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 1,870 km² (722 mi²), which is 70% of the area of Saarland.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Saarland about 0.09.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Saarland has the larger population: 1.0 million against 304,000, 3.31× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 379 in Saarland against 67 in Molise: Saarland is 5.64× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,040 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Saarland at 49°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Molise as 1.30× the size of Saarland instead of 1.70×.
- Together Molise and Saarland cover 7,180 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 15% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,870 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Saarland's density, Molise would have 1.7 million people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Saarland would have 178,000 (it has 1.0 million).
- Saarland's centre is 7.7° of latitude, about 860 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.
- Saarland is the 13th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Saarland lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 855 km) north of Molise.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Saarland about 2,640 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Saarland would cover 7,180 km², 1.26× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 1.3 million people, about as many people as Cyprus.
Side by side
| Molise | Saarland | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 2,650 km²1,020 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 2,570 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 13th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 15th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 67 per km² | 379 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Saarbrücken |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2022. 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 2,650 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,570 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