Tianjin is 1.14× the size of Basilicata
Tianjin (municipality of China) covers about 11,500 km² (4,430 mi²) and Basilicata (region of Italy) about 10,100 km² (3,880 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 11,500km²Tianjin
- 10,100km²Basilicata
20 km
- Tianjin
- Basilicata
What fits
- Basilicata is 88% of the size of Tianjin.
- Tianjin is larger by 1,410 km² (546 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Basilicata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tianjin is about 0.37, Basilicata about 0.33.
How they differ
- Tianjin also has the larger population: 13.9 million against 563,000, 24.6× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,208 in Tianjin against 56 in Basilicata: Tianjin is 21.6× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,090 km apart.
- Together Tianjin and Basilicata cover 21,500 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 1.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,410 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Basilicata's density, Tianjin would have 642,000 people (it has 13.9 million). At Tianjin's density, Basilicata would have 12.2 million (it has 563,000).
- Basilicata's centre is 1.2° of latitude, about 130 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.
- Basilicata is the 14th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 39°N and 41°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tianjin would have about 830 m² and each person in Basilicata about 17,880 m².
- Laid side by side, Tianjin and Basilicata would cover 21,500 km², about the same size as Djibouti.
- Together they have 14.4 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
Side by side
| Tianjin | Basilicata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 11,500 km²4,430 mi² | 10,100 km²3,880 mi² |
| Official area | 11,900 km²Wikidata | 9,990 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 31in China | 14th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 13.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 563,000Wikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 27th of 31in China | 18th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 1,208 per km² | 56 per km² |
| Capital | – | Potenza |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 40°N to 41°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 9,990 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,100 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 Basilicata 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