Molise is 1.16× the size of Saitama
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Saitama (prefecture of Japan) about 3,880 km² (1,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 3,880km²Saitama
20 km
- Molise
- Saitama
What fits
- Saitama is 86% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 641 km² (247 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Saitama.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Saitama about 0.13.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Saitama has the larger population: 7.3 million against 304,000, 24.1× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,890 in Saitama against 67 in Molise: Saitama is 28.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,710 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Saitama at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Molise as 1.37× the size of Saitama instead of 1.16×.
- Together Molise and Saitama cover 8,410 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 19% bigger).
- The gap between them, 641 km², is about the size of Micronesia (634 km²).
- At Saitama's density, Molise would have 8.6 million people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Saitama would have 261,000 (it has 7.3 million).
- Molise's centre is 5.7° of latitude, about 630 km, farther north than Saitama'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.
- Saitama is the 39th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 634 km) north of Saitama.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Saitama about 530 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Saitama would cover 8,410 km², 84% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 7.6 million people, about as many people as Sierra Leone.
Side by side
| Molise | Saitama | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 3,880 km²1,500 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 3,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 39th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 7.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 5th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 67 per km² | 1,890 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Saitama |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 36°N to 36°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 3,880 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,800 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