Region of Italy
Basilicata
Basilicata is a region of Italy. It covers about 10,100 km² (3,880 mi²), the 14th largest of the 20 regions in Natural Earth’s file for Italy, and about the same size as Lebanon. About 563,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2019).
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- Basilicata
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Facts
| Area, measured | 10,100 km²3,880 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 9,990 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Italy | 3.3%of the area of the 20 regions |
| Rank by area | 14th of 20regions of Italy |
| Population | 563,000Wikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 56 people per km² |
| Capital | Potenza |
| Latitude range | 40°N to 41°N |
| Type | RegionIT-77 |
What the numbers say about Basilicata
- Basilicata covers 3.3% of the area of Italy and ranks 18th of 20 by population, against 14th by area.
- It would take 29.9 regions the size of Basilicata to cover Italy.
- The largest, Sicily (Italy), is 2.57× the size of Basilicata; the smallest, Aosta Valley, is 33% of it.
- Closest in size within Italy: Marche (9,450 km², 1.06×) and Abruzzo (10,900 km², 1.08×).
- Counted as a country, Basilicata would be larger than 72 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 168th by area, between the Gambia (10,500 km²) and Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- With 563,000 people it would rank 171st of 238 by population.
- Basilicata has 56 people per km², about the density of Georgia, which has 56 per km².
- That makes Basilicata the 19th most densely populated of the 20 regions, 28% of the average for Italy (200 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 41°N is drawn about 1.7× too large in area, so Basilicata looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Basilicata stretches about 137 km north to south and 128 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,990 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,100 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin88% · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut79% · 12,700 km²PeopleWyoming0.98× · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura0.94× · 10,700 km²PeopleDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu0.96× · 586,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein65% · 15,400 km²PeopleBremen81% · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)1.16× · 8,670 km²PeopleGuadeloupe1.47× · 384,000 (2022)
- SpainAreaNavarre1.00× · 10,100 km²PeopleCantabria0.95× · 592,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaAomori1.04× · 9,660 km²PeopleTottori1.02× · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.74× · 5,790 km²PeopleRoraima88% · 637,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.75× · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador1.10× · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.04× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro86% · 11,700 km²PeopleBaja California Sur88% · 637,000 (2010)
- ThailandAreaBuriram0.99× · 10,100 km²PeopleSa Kaeo1.00× · 561,000 (2020)
Where Basilicata sits in Italy
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the 2 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