Region of Italy
Abruzzo
Abruzzo is a region of Italy. It covers about 10,900 km² (4,210 mi²), the 13th largest of the 20 regions in Natural Earth’s file for Italy, and about the same size as Jamaica. About 1.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2019).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 10,900 km²4,210 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 10,800 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Italy | 3.6%of the area of the 20 regions |
| Rank by area | 13th of 20regions of Italy |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 120 people per km² |
| Capital | L'Aquila |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 43°N |
| Type | RegionIT-65 |
What the numbers say about Abruzzo
- Abruzzo covers 3.6% of the area of Italy and ranks 14th of 20 by population, against 13th by area.
- It would take 27.7 regions the size of Abruzzo to cover Italy.
- The largest, Sicily (Italy), is 2.37× the size of Abruzzo; the smallest, Aosta Valley, is 30% of it.
- Closest in size within Italy: Basilicata (10,100 km², 1.08×) and Marche (9,450 km², 1.15×).
- Counted as a country, Abruzzo would be larger than 73 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 167th by area, between Kosovo (10,900 km²) and the Gambia (10,500 km²).
- With 1.3 million people it would rank 159th of 238 by population.
- Abruzzo has 120 people per km², about the density of Poland, which has 120 per km².
- That makes Abruzzo the 14th most densely populated of the 20 regions, 60% of the average for Italy (200 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large in area, so Abruzzo looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Abruzzo stretches about 135 km north to south and 144 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,900 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaTianjin0.95× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut86% · 12,700 km²PeopleMaine0.96× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura1.01× · 10,700 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh0.95× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein71% · 15,400 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania83% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France90% · 12,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.48× · 881,000 (2022)
- SpainAreaAsturias1.02× · 10,700 km²PeopleAragon0.97× · 1.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaGifu1.02× · 10,700 km²PeopleNagasaki1.00× · 1.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.88× · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins87% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.90× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba0.97× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia69% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro0.93× · 11,700 km²PeopleAguascalientes1.00× · 1.3 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaUdon Thani1.00× · 10,900 km²PeopleRoi Et1.01× · 1.3 million (2020)
Where Abruzzo sits in Italy
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the 4 provinces of this region in the file, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2019. Italy’s units share the 2019 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12