Sardinia (Italy) is 1.04× the size of Valencian Community

Sardinia (Italy) (region of Italy) covers about 24,100 km² (9,310 mi²) and Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

24,100km²Sardinia (Italy)
23,300km²Valencian Community

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Sardinia (Italy)
Valencian Community

What fits

Valencian Community is 96% of the size of Sardinia (Italy).
Sardinia (Italy) is larger by 847 km² (327 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Valencian Community.
Measured in Belgiums: Sardinia (Italy) is about 0.79, Valencian Community about 0.76.

How they differ

Sardinia (Italy) is larger, but Valencian Community has the larger population: 5.3 million against 1.6 million, 3.26× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 68 in Sardinia (Italy): Valencian Community is 3.38× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 823 km apart.
Together Sardinia (Italy) and Valencian Community cover 47,400 km², close to the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km², 2.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 847 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
At Valencian Community's density, Sardinia (Italy) would have 5.5 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Sardinia (Italy)'s density, Valencian Community would have 1.6 million (it has 5.3 million).
Sardinia (Italy)'s centre is 0.7° of latitude, about 80 km, farther north than Valencian Community'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.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 40°N and 39°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Sardinia (Italy) would have about 14,810 m² and each person in Valencian Community about 4,380 m².
Laid side by side, Sardinia (Italy) and Valencian Community would cover 47,400 km², about the same size as Dominican Republic.
Together they have 6.9 million people, about as many people as Laos.

Side by side

	Sardinia (Italy)	Valencian Community
Is a	RegionItaly	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	24,100 km²9,310 mi²	23,300 km²8,980 mi²
Official area	23,900 km²Wikidata	23,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	3rd of 20in Italy	8th of 19in Spain
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2020	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	11th of 20in Italy	4th of 19in Spain
Density	68 per km²	229 per km²
Capital	Cagliari	Valencia
Latitude range	39°N to 41°N	38°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 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) and Valencian Community 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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