Molise and Yamanashi are almost exactly the same size
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Yamanashi (prefecture of Japan) about 4,510 km² (1,740 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 4,510km²Yamanashi
20 km
- Molise
- Yamanashi
What fits
- Yamanashi is 100% of the size of Molise.
- The measured areas differ by 15.0 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Yamanashi about 0.15.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Yamanashi has the larger population: 804,000 against 304,000, 2.64× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 178 in Yamanashi against 67 in Molise: Yamanashi is 2.65× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,700 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Yamanashi at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Molise as 1.19× the size of Yamanashi instead of 1.00×.
- Together Molise and Yamanashi cover 9,040 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 11% bigger).
- At Yamanashi's density, Molise would have 807,000 people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Yamanashi would have 303,000 (it has 804,000).
- Molise's centre is 6.1° of latitude, about 680 km, farther north than Yamanashi'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.
- Yamanashi is the 31st largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 33rd most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 677 km) north of Yamanashi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Yamanashi about 5,610 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Yamanashi would cover 9,040 km², 90% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.1 million people, 96% as many people as Djibouti.
Side by side
| Molise | Yamanashi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 4,510 km²1,740 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 4,470 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 31st of 47in Japan |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 804,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 42nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 67 per km² | 178 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Kofu |
| 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 4,470 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,510 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