Molise is 1.02× the size of Wakayama
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Wakayama (prefecture of Japan) about 4,430 km² (1,710 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 4,430km²Wakayama
20 km
- Molise
- Wakayama
What fits
- Wakayama is 98% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 96.5 km² (37.3 mi²), which is 2.2% of the area of Wakayama.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Wakayama about 0.14.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Wakayama has the larger population: 911,000 against 304,000, 2.99× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 206 in Wakayama against 67 in Molise: Wakayama is 3.06× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,670 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Wakayama at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Molise as 1.26× the size of Wakayama instead of 1.02×.
- Together Molise and Wakayama cover 8,950 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 12% bigger).
- The gap between them, 96.5 km², is about the size of Maldives (109 km²).
- At Wakayama's density, Molise would have 931,000 people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Wakayama would have 298,000 (it has 911,000).
- Molise's centre is 7.8° of latitude, about 870 km, farther north than Wakayama'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.
- Wakayama is the 32nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 866 km) north of Wakayama.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Wakayama about 4,860 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Wakayama would cover 8,950 km², 90% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Eswatini.
Side by side
| Molise | Wakayama | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 4,430 km²1,710 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,730 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 32nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 911,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 40th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 67 per km² | 206 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Wakayama |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 33°N to 34°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 4,430 km² is 6.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,730 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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