Schleswig-Holstein is 1.14× the size of Trentino-Alto Adige

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Trentino-Alto Adige (region of Italy) about 13,500 km² (5,220 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
13,500km²Trentino-Alto Adige

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Schleswig-Holstein
Trentino-Alto Adige

What fits

Trentino-Alto Adige is 88% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 1,920 km² (741 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Trentino-Alto Adige.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Trentino-Alto Adige about 0.44.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.1 million, 2.75× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 79 in Trentino-Alto Adige: Schleswig-Holstein is 2.41× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 867 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Trentino-Alto Adige at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 1.58× the size of Trentino-Alto Adige instead of 1.14×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Trentino-Alto Adige cover 29,000 km², close to the size of Albania (28,300 km², 2.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,920 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Trentino-Alto Adige's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 1.2 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Trentino-Alto Adige would have 2.6 million (it has 1.1 million).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 7.7° of latitude, about 860 km, farther north than Trentino-Alto Adige'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.
Trentino-Alto Adige is the 11th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 4.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 861 km) north of Trentino-Alto Adige.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Trentino-Alto Adige about 12,610 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Trentino-Alto Adige would cover 29,000 km², about the same size as Albania.
Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Trentino-Alto Adige
Is a	StateGermany	RegionItaly
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	13,500 km²5,220 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	13,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	11th of 20in Italy
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	1.1 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	16th of 20in Italy
Density	191 per km²	79 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Trento
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	46°N to 47°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 13,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 13,500 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 Trentino-Alto Adige 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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