Tianjin is 1.05× the size of Abruzzo

Tianjin (municipality of China) covers about 11,500 km² (4,430 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.

11,500km²Tianjin
10,900km²Abruzzo

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Tianjin
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What fits

Abruzzo is 95% of the size of Tianjin.
Tianjin is larger by 584 km² (225 mi²), which is 5.4% of the area of Abruzzo.
Measured in Belgiums: Tianjin is about 0.37, Abruzzo about 0.36.

How they differ

Tianjin also has the larger population: 13.9 million against 1.3 million, 10.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,208 in Tianjin against 120 in Abruzzo: Tianjin is 10.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,120 km apart.
On a standard web map Abruzzo looks larger than Tianjin: Tianjin at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Abruzzo at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Abruzzo as 1.04× the size of Tianjin, when Tianjin is 1.05× the size of Abruzzo.
Together Tianjin and Abruzzo cover 22,400 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 584 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
At Abruzzo's density, Tianjin would have 1.4 million people (it has 13.9 million). At Tianjin's density, Abruzzo would have 13.2 million (it has 1.3 million).
Abruzzo's centre is 2.9° of latitude, about 330 km, farther north than Tianjin's.
Tianjin is the 30th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd 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.
Abruzzo lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 326 km) north of Tianjin.
Shared out evenly, each person in Tianjin would have about 830 m² and each person in Abruzzo about 8,320 m².
Laid side by side, Tianjin and Abruzzo would cover 22,400 km², about the same size as Belize.
Together they have 15.2 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

	Tianjin	Abruzzo
Is a	MunicipalityChina	RegionItaly
Area, measured	11,500 km²4,430 mi²	10,900 km²4,210 mi²
Official area	11,900 km²Wikidata	10,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	30th of 31in China	13th of 20in Italy
Population	13.9 millionWikidata, 2020	1.3 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	27th of 31in China	14th of 20in Italy
Density	1,208 per km²	120 per km²
Capital	–	L'Aquila
Latitude range	39°N to 40°N	42°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 11,500 km² is 3.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,900 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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