Sardinia (Italy) is 1.04× the size of Meghalaya

Sardinia (Italy) (region of Italy) covers about 24,100 km² (9,310 mi²) and Meghalaya (state of India) about 23,100 km² (8,930 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

24,100km²Sardinia (Italy)
23,100km²Meghalaya

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Sardinia (Italy)
Meghalaya

What fits

Meghalaya is 96% of the size of Sardinia (Italy).
Sardinia (Italy) is larger by 993 km² (383 mi²), which is 4.3% of the area of Meghalaya.
Measured in Belgiums: Sardinia (Italy) is about 0.79, Meghalaya about 0.75.

How they differ

Sardinia (Italy) is larger, but Meghalaya has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.6 million, 1.82× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 128 in Meghalaya against 68 in Sardinia (Italy): Meghalaya is 1.90× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,590 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sardinia (Italy) at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Meghalaya at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Sardinia (Italy) as 1.45× the size of Meghalaya instead of 1.04×.
Together Sardinia (Italy) and Meghalaya cover 47,200 km², close to the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km², 2.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 993 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
At Meghalaya's density, Sardinia (Italy) would have 3.1 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Sardinia (Italy)'s density, Meghalaya would have 1.6 million (it has 3.0 million).
Sardinia (Italy)'s centre is 14.5° of latitude, about 1,620 km, farther north than Meghalaya'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.
Meghalaya is the 24th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
Sardinia (Italy) lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,620 km) north of Meghalaya.
Shared out evenly, each person in Sardinia (Italy) would have about 14,810 m² and each person in Meghalaya about 7,790 m².
Laid side by side, Sardinia (Italy) and Meghalaya would cover 47,200 km², about the same size as Dominican Republic.
Together they have 4.6 million people, about as many people as Panama.

Side by side

	Sardinia (Italy)	Meghalaya
Is a	RegionItaly	StateIndia
Area, measured	24,100 km²9,310 mi²	23,100 km²8,930 mi²
Official area	23,900 km²Wikidata	22,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	3rd of 20in Italy	24th of 36in India
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2020	3.0 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	11th of 20in Italy	24th of 36in India
Density	68 per km²	128 per km²
Capital	Cagliari	Shillong
Latitude range	39°N to 41°N	25°N to 26°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 23,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,100 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 23,100 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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