Molise is 1.04× the size of Toyama
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Toyama (prefecture of Japan) about 4,370 km² (1,690 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 4,370km²Toyama
20 km
- Molise
- Toyama
What fits
- Toyama is 97% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 156 km² (60.4 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Toyama.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Toyama about 0.14.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Toyama has the larger population: 1.0 million against 304,000, 3.39× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 236 in Toyama against 67 in Molise: Toyama is 3.51× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,540 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Toyama at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Molise as 1.20× the size of Toyama instead of 1.04×.
- Together Molise and Toyama cover 8,890 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 12% bigger).
- The gap between them, 156 km², is about the size of Marshall Islands (165 km²).
- At Toyama's density, Molise would have 1.1 million people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Toyama would have 294,000 (it has 1.0 million).
- Molise's centre is 5.1° of latitude, about 560 km, farther north than Toyama'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.
- Toyama is the 33rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 562 km) north of Toyama.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Toyama about 4,240 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Toyama would cover 8,890 km², 89% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.3 million people, about as many people as Cyprus.
Side by side
| Molise | Toyama | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 4,370 km²1,690 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,250 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 33rd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 37th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 67 per km² | 236 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Toyama |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 36°N to 37°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 4,370 km² is 2.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,250 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