Region of Italy
Calabria
Calabria is a region of Italy. It covers about 15,100 km² (5,840 mi²), the 10th largest of the 20 regions in Natural Earth’s file for Italy, and about the same size as East Timor. About 1.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2019).
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- Calabria
- East Timor
Facts
| Area, measured | 15,100 km²5,840 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 15,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Italy | 5.0%of the area of the 20 regions |
| Rank by area | 10th of 20regions of Italy |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 129 people per km² |
| Capital | Catanzaro |
| Latitude range | 38°N to 40°N |
| Type | RegionIT-78 |
What the numbers say about Calabria
- Calabria covers 5.0% of the area of Italy and ranks 10th of 20 by both area and population.
- It would take 19.9 regions the size of Calabria to cover Italy.
- The largest, Sicily (Italy), is 1.71× the size of Calabria; the smallest, Aosta Valley, is 22% of it.
- Closest in size within Italy: Trentino-Alto Adige (13,500 km², 1.12×) and Campania (13,500 km², 1.12×).
- Counted as a country, Calabria would be larger than 81 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 159th by area, between Eswatini (17,100 km²) and East Timor (15,100 km²).
- With 1.9 million people it would rank 149th of 238 by population.
- Calabria has 129 people per km², about the density of Thailand, which has 129 per km².
- That makes Calabria the 13th most densely populated of the 20 regions, 64% of the average for Italy (200 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large in area, so Calabria looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Calabria stretches about 247 km north to south and 137 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing0.93× · 16,300 km²PeopleTibet53% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaHawaii90% · 16,800 km²PeopleNebraska0.99× · 2.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaNagaland0.93× · 16,300 km²PeopleNagaland0.98× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein0.98× · 15,400 km²PeopleHamburg1.03× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.25× · 12,100 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire75% · 2.6 million (2022)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.34× · 11,300 km²PeopleCastilla–La Mancha0.93× · 2.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate0.98× · 15,500 km²PeopleGunma1.01× · 1.9 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe70% · 21,600 km²PeopleSergipe88% · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.45× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia1.03× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro1.29× · 11,700 km²PeopleMorelos0.99× · 2.0 million (2020)
- ThailandAreaUbon Ratchathani1.04× · 14,500 km²PeopleUbon Ratchathani1.04× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where Calabria sits in Italy
All 20 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Calabria
- Nebraska vs Calabria
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- Schleswig-Holstein vs Calabria
- Calabria vs East Timor
- Calabria vs Montenegro
- Belgium vs Calabria
- Netherlands vs Calabria
- Lesotho vs Calabria
- Beijing vs Calabria
- Sergipe vs Calabria
- Hawaii vs Calabria
- Calabria vs Querétaro
- Calabria vs Murcia
- Calabria vs Île-de-France
- Calabria vs Ubon Ratchathani
- Calabria vs Morelos
- Calabria vs Gunma
- Calabria vs Gifu
- Calabria vs Tochigi
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the 5 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