Murcia is 2.06× the size of Liguria
Murcia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²) and Liguria (region of Italy) about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 11,300km²Murcia
- 5,490km²Liguria
50 km
- Murcia
- Liguria
What fits
- Liguria fits inside Murcia about 2.06 times by area.
- Murcia is larger by 5,820 km² (2,250 mi²), which is 106% of the area of Liguria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Murcia is about 0.37, Liguria about 0.18.
How they differ
- Murcia also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 282 in Liguria against 139 in Murcia: Liguria is 2.03× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,100 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Murcia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Liguria at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Murcia as 1.70× the size of Liguria instead of 2.06×.
- Together Murcia and Liguria cover 16,800 km², close to the size of Eswatini (17,100 km², 1.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 5,820 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
- At Liguria's density, Murcia would have 3.2 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Murcia's density, Liguria would have 763,000 (it has 1.6 million).
- Liguria's centre is 6.3° of latitude, about 700 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.
- Liguria is the 18th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Liguria lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 696 km) north of Murcia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Murcia would have about 7,190 m² and each person in Liguria about 3,540 m².
- Laid side by side, Murcia and Liguria would cover 16,800 km², about the same size as Eswatini.
- Together they have 3.1 million people, 1.07× as many people as Armenia.
Side by side
| Murcia | Liguria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 11,300 km²4,370 mi² | 5,490 km²2,120 mi² |
| Official area | 11,300 km²Wikidata | 5,420 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 19in Spain | 18th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2024 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 19in Spain | 12th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 139 per km² | 282 per km² |
| Capital | Murcia City | Genoa |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 39°N | 44°N to 45°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 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 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 Liguria 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