Region of Italy
Lazio
Lazio is a region of Italy. It covers about 17,000 km² (6,580 mi²), the 9th largest of the 20 regions in Natural Earth’s file for Italy, and about the same size as Eswatini. About 5.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2019).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 17,000 km²6,580 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 17,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Italy | 5.7%of the area of the 20 regions |
| Rank by area | 9th of 20regions of Italy |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 345 people per km² |
| Capital | Rome |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 43°N |
| Type | RegionIT-62 |
What the numbers say about Lazio
- Lazio covers 5.7% of the area of Italy and ranks 2nd of 20 by population, against 9th by area.
- It would take 17.7 regions the size of Lazio to cover Italy.
- The largest, Sicily (Italy), is 1.52× the size of Lazio; the smallest, Aosta Valley, is 19% of it.
- Closest in size within Italy: Veneto (18,000 km², 1.06×) and Calabria (15,100 km², 1.13×).
- Counted as a country, Lazio 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 5.9 million people it would rank 115th of 238 by population.
- Lazio has 345 people per km², about the density of Japan, which has 331 per km².
- That makes Lazio the 3rd most densely populated of the 20 regions, 1.72× 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 Lazio looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Lazio stretches about 183 km north to south and 211 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 17,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 17,000 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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.05× · 16,300 km²PeopleQinghai0.99× · 5.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaHawaii1.01× · 16,800 km²PeopleWisconsin1.00× · 5.9 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaNagaland1.05× · 16,300 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh86% · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaThuringia1.06× · 16,100 km²PeopleHesse0.95× · 6.2 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.41× · 12,100 km²PeopleHauts-de-France0.98× · 6.0 million (2022)
- SpainAreaValencian Community73% · 23,300 km²PeopleValencian Community1.11× · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.10× · 15,500 km²PeopleChiba0.94× · 6.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe79% · 21,600 km²PeopleMaranhão87% · 6.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleBritish Columbia1.18× · 5.0 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleQueensland1.05× · 5.6 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaHidalgo80% · 21,300 km²PeopleGuanajuato1.00× · 5.9 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaTak1.04× · 16,400 km²PeopleBangkok1.04× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Lazio sits in Italy
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Compare Lazio
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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