Shanghai is 1.49× the size of Molise
Shanghai (municipality of China) covers about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²) and Molise (region of Italy) about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,750km²Shanghai
- 4,530km²Molise
20 km
- Shanghai
- Molise
What fits
- Molise is 67% of the size of Shanghai.
- Shanghai is larger by 2,220 km² (858 mi²), which is 49% of the area of Molise.
- Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Molise about 0.15.
How they differ
- Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 304,000, 81.7× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 67 in Molise: Shanghai is 54.8× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,990 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Molise at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Shanghai as 1.14× the size of Molise instead of 1.49×.
- Together Shanghai and Molise cover 11,300 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 1.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,220 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Molise's density, Shanghai would have 454,000 people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Molise would have 16.7 million (it has 304,000).
- Molise's centre is 10.5° of latitude, about 1,170 km, farther north than Shanghai's.
- Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Molise is the 19th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,170 km) north of Shanghai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Molise about 14,870 m².
- Laid side by side, Shanghai and Molise would cover 11,300 km², about the same size as Qatar.
- Together they have 25.2 million people, 95% as many people as North Korea.
Side by side
| Shanghai | Molise | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² |
| Official area | 6,340 km²Wikidata | 4,440 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 31st of 31in China | 19th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 23rd of 31in China | 19th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 3,687 per km² | 67 per km² |
| Capital | – | Campobasso |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 32°N | 41°N to 42°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,530 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 Molise 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