Molise is 1.07× the size of Tokushima
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Tokushima (prefecture of Japan) about 4,250 km² (1,640 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 4,250km²Tokushima
20 km
- Molise
- Tokushima
What fits
- Tokushima is 94% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 277 km² (107 mi²), which is 6.5% of the area of Tokushima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Tokushima about 0.14.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Tokushima has the larger population: 722,000 against 304,000, 2.37× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 170 in Tokushima against 67 in Molise: Tokushima is 2.53× 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 Tokushima at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Molise as 1.32× the size of Tokushima instead of 1.07×.
- Together Molise and Tokushima cover 8,770 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 14% bigger).
- The gap between them, 277 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
- At Tokushima's density, Molise would have 769,000 people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Tokushima would have 286,000 (it has 722,000).
- Molise's centre is 7.8° of latitude, about 860 km, farther north than Tokushima'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.
- Tokushima is the 34th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 36th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 865 km) north of Tokushima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Tokushima about 5,890 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Tokushima would cover 8,770 km², 88% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.0 million people, 1.11× as many people as Fiji.
Side by side
| Molise | Tokushima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 4,250 km²1,640 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,150 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 34th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 722,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 44th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 67 per km² | 170 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Tokushima |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 34°N to 34°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 4,250 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,150 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