Netherlands is 2.18× the size of Lazio
Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²) and Lazio (region of Italy) about 17,000 km² (6,580 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 37,100km²Netherlands
- 17,000km²Lazio
50 km
- Netherlands
- Lazio
What fits
- Lazio fits inside Netherlands about 2.18 times by area.
- Netherlands is larger by 20,100 km² (7,750 mi²), which is 118% of the area of Lazio.
- Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Lazio about 0.56.
How they differ
- Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 5.9 million, 3.05× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 345 in Lazio: Netherlands is 1.39× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,260 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Netherlands at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Lazio at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Netherlands as 3.21× the size of Lazio instead of 2.18×.
- Together Netherlands and Lazio cover 54,100 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 1.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 20,100 km², is about the size of Slovenia (20,300 km²).
- At Lazio's density, Netherlands would have 12.9 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Lazio would have 8.2 million (it has 5.9 million).
- Netherlands's centre is 10.3° of latitude, about 1,140 km, farther north than Lazio's.
- Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Lazio is the 9th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 5.7% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Netherlands lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,140 km) north of Lazio.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Lazio about 2,900 m².
- Laid side by side, Netherlands and Lazio would cover 54,100 km², about the same size as Croatia.
- Together they have 23.8 million people, about as many people as Syria.
- Counted as a country, Lazio would rank 159th by area and 115th by population.
Side by side
| Netherlands | Lazio | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 37,100 km²14,300 mi² | 17,000 km²6,580 mi² |
| Official area | 37,400 km²Wikidata | 17,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 136th of 239worldwide | 9th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 17.9 millionWikidata, 2024 | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 67th of 237worldwide | 2nd of 20in Italy |
| Density | 480 per km² | 345 per km² |
| Capital | Amsterdam | Rome |
| Latitude range | 51°N to 54°N | 41°N to 43°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 17,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 17,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Lazio 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