Molise is 1.13× the size of Shiga
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Shiga (prefecture of Japan) about 4,010 km² (1,550 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 4,010km²Shiga
20 km
- Molise
- Shiga
What fits
- Shiga is 89% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 516 km² (199 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Shiga.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Shiga about 0.13.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Shiga has the larger population: 1.4 million against 304,000, 4.64× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 352 in Shiga against 67 in Molise: Shiga is 5.23× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Shiga at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Molise as 1.35× the size of Shiga instead of 1.13×.
- Together Molise and Shiga cover 8,530 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 17% bigger).
- The gap between them, 516 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
- At Shiga's density, Molise would have 1.6 million people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Shiga would have 270,000 (it has 1.4 million).
- Molise's centre is 6.5° of latitude, about 720 km, farther north than Shiga'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.
- Shiga is the 37th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 721 km) north of Shiga.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Shiga about 2,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Shiga would cover 8,530 km², 85% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.7 million people, 93% as many people as North Macedonia.
Side by side
| Molise | Shiga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 4,010 km²1,550 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,020 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 37th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 26th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 67 per km² | 352 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Otsu |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 35°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,020 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,010 km², to within 2%.
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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