Schleswig-Holstein is 1.02× the size of Calabria

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Calabria (region of Italy) about 15,100 km² (5,840 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
15,100km²Calabria

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Schleswig-Holstein
Calabria

What fits

Calabria is 98% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 315 km² (122 mi²), which is 2.1% of the area of Calabria.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Calabria about 0.49.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.9 million, 1.52× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 129 in Calabria: Schleswig-Holstein is 1.49× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,750 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Calabria at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 1.80× the size of Calabria instead of 1.02×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Calabria cover 30,600 km², close to the size of Belgium (30,700 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 315 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
At Calabria's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 2.0 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Calabria would have 2.9 million (it has 1.9 million).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 15.1° of latitude, about 1,680 km, farther north than Calabria'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.
Calabria is the 10th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,680 km) north of Calabria.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Calabria about 7,770 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Calabria would cover 30,600 km², about the same size as Belgium.
Together they have 4.9 million people, about as many people as Oman.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Calabria
Is a	StateGermany	RegionItaly
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	15,100 km²5,840 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	15,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	10th of 20in Italy
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	1.9 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	10th of 20in Italy
Density	191 per km²	129 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Catanzaro
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	38°N to 40°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 15,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 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 Calabria 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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