Sardinia (Italy) is 1.04× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Sardinia (Italy) (region of Italy) covers about 24,100 km² (9,310 mi²) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (state of Germany) about 23,200 km² (8,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

24,100km²Sardinia (Italy)
23,200km²Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

50 km

Sardinia (Italy)
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

What fits

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 96% of the size of Sardinia (Italy).
Sardinia (Italy) is larger by 906 km² (350 mi²), which is 3.9% of the area of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Measured in Belgiums: Sardinia (Italy) is about 0.79, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 0.76.

How they differ

Sardinia (Italy) also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania against 68 in Sardinia (Italy): Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 1.00× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,540 km apart.
On a standard web map Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania looks larger than Sardinia (Italy): Sardinia (Italy) at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 1.61× the size of Sardinia (Italy), when Sardinia (Italy) is 1.04× the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Together Sardinia (Italy) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania cover 47,300 km², close to the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km², 2.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 906 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Sardinia (Italy) would have 1.6 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Sardinia (Italy)'s density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 1.6 million (it has 1.6 million).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 13.7° of latitude, about 1,520 km, farther north than Sardinia (Italy)'s.
Sardinia (Italy) is the 3rd largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 8.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,520 km) north of Sardinia (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Sardinia (Italy) would have about 14,810 m² and each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 14,770 m².
Laid side by side, Sardinia (Italy) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would cover 47,300 km², about the same size as Dominican Republic.
Together they have 3.2 million people, 94% as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	Sardinia (Italy)	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Is a	RegionItaly	StateGermany
Area, measured	24,100 km²9,310 mi²	23,200 km²8,960 mi²
Official area	23,900 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	3rd of 20in Italy	6th of 16in Germany
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2020	1.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	11th of 20in Italy	14th of 16in Germany
Density	68 per km²	68 per km²
Capital	Cagliari	Schwerin
Latitude range	39°N to 41°N	53°N to 55°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 23,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,100 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 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 Sardinia (Italy) 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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