Murcia is 1.04× the size of Abruzzo

Murcia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²) and Abruzzo (region of Italy) about 10,900 km² (4,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,300km²Murcia
10,900km²Abruzzo

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What fits

Abruzzo is 96% of the size of Murcia.
Murcia is larger by 418 km² (161 mi²), which is 3.8% of the area of Abruzzo.
Measured in Belgiums: Murcia is about 0.37, Abruzzo about 0.36.

How they differ

Murcia also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.3 million, 1.20× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 139 in Murcia against 120 in Abruzzo: Murcia is 1.16× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,380 km apart.
On a standard web map Abruzzo looks larger than Murcia: Murcia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Abruzzo at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Abruzzo as 1.09× the size of Murcia, when Murcia is 1.04× the size of Abruzzo.
Together Murcia and Abruzzo cover 22,200 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 418 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
At Abruzzo's density, Murcia would have 1.4 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Murcia's density, Abruzzo would have 1.5 million (it has 1.3 million).
Abruzzo's centre is 4.2° of latitude, about 470 km, farther north than Murcia's.
Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Abruzzo is the 13th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Abruzzo lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 470 km) north of Murcia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Murcia would have about 7,190 m² and each person in Abruzzo about 8,320 m².
Laid side by side, Murcia and Abruzzo would cover 22,200 km², about the same size as Belize.
Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Lithuania.

Side by side

	Murcia	Abruzzo
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	RegionItaly
Area, measured	11,300 km²4,370 mi²	10,900 km²4,210 mi²
Official area	11,300 km²Wikidata	10,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 19in Spain	13th of 20in Italy
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2024	1.3 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	10th of 19in Spain	14th of 20in Italy
Density	139 per km²	120 per km²
Capital	Murcia City	L'Aquila
Latitude range	37°N to 39°N	42°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 10,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,900 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 Abruzzo 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

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