Schleswig-Holstein is 1.42× the size of Abruzzo

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Abruzzo (region of Italy) about 10,900 km² (4,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
10,900km²Abruzzo

50 km

Schleswig-Holstein
Abruzzo

What fits

Abruzzo is 71% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 4,540 km² (1,750 mi²), which is 42% of the area of Abruzzo.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Abruzzo about 0.36.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.3 million, 2.26× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 120 in Abruzzo: Schleswig-Holstein is 1.59× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,360 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Abruzzo at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 2.27× the size of Abruzzo instead of 1.42×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Abruzzo cover 26,300 km², close to the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km², 1.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,540 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Abruzzo's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 1.9 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Abruzzo would have 2.1 million (it has 1.3 million).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 12.0° of latitude, about 1,330 km, farther north than Abruzzo's.
Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Abruzzo is the 13th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,330 km) north of Abruzzo.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Abruzzo about 8,320 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Abruzzo would cover 26,300 km², about the same size as Equatorial Guinea.
Together they have 4.3 million people, 95% as many people as Kuwait.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Abruzzo
Is a	StateGermany	RegionItaly
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	10,900 km²4,210 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	10,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	13th of 20in Italy
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	1.3 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	14th of 20in Italy
Density	191 per km²	120 per km²
Capital	Kiel	L'Aquila
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	42°N to 43°N

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

Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 10,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,900 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 Abruzzo 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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