Rhineland-Palatinate is 1.03× the size of Apulia

Rhineland-Palatinate (state of Germany) covers about 20,100 km² (7,760 mi²) and Apulia (region of Italy) about 19,500 km² (7,510 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

20,100km²Rhineland-Palatinate
19,500km²Apulia

50 km

Rhineland-Palatinate
Apulia

What fits

Apulia is 97% of the size of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Rhineland-Palatinate is larger by 644 km² (249 mi²), which is 3.3% of the area of Apulia.
Measured in Belgiums: Rhineland-Palatinate is about 0.66, Apulia about 0.63.

How they differ

Rhineland-Palatinate also has the larger population: 4.1 million against 4.0 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 207 in Apulia against 204 in Rhineland-Palatinate: Apulia is 1.02× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,220 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Rhineland-Palatinate at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Apulia at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Rhineland-Palatinate as 1.42× the size of Apulia instead of 1.03×.
Together Rhineland-Palatinate and Apulia cover 39,500 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 2.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 644 km², is about the size of Micronesia (634 km²).
At Apulia's density, Rhineland-Palatinate would have 4.2 million people (it has 4.1 million). At Rhineland-Palatinate's density, Apulia would have 4.0 million (it has 4.0 million).
Rhineland-Palatinate's centre is 8.9° of latitude, about 990 km, farther north than Apulia's.
Rhineland-Palatinate is the 9th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.6% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Apulia is the 7th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Rhineland-Palatinate lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 992 km) north of Apulia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Rhineland-Palatinate would have about 4,910 m² and each person in Apulia about 4,830 m².
Laid side by side, Rhineland-Palatinate and Apulia would cover 39,500 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
Together they have 8.1 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Rhineland-Palatinate	Apulia
Is a	StateGermany	RegionItaly
Area, measured	20,100 km²7,760 mi²	19,500 km²7,510 mi²
Official area	19,900 km²Wikidata	19,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	9th of 16in Germany	7th of 20in Italy
Population	4.1 millionWikidata, 2022	4.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	6th of 16in Germany	8th of 20in Italy
Density	204 per km²	207 per km²
Capital	Mainz	Bari
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	40°N to 42°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 19,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,100 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 19,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 19,500 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 Apulia 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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