Region of Italy
Liguria
Liguria is a region of Italy. It covers about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²), the 18th largest of the 20 regions in Natural Earth’s file for Italy, and about the same size as Cyprus. About 1.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2019).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 5,490 km²2,120 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,420 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Italy | 1.8%of the area of the 20 regions |
| Rank by area | 18th of 20regions of Italy |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 282 people per km² |
| Capital | Genoa |
| Latitude range | 44°N to 45°N |
| Type | RegionIT-42 |
What the numbers say about Liguria
- Liguria covers 1.8% of the area of Italy and ranks 12th of 20 by population, against 18th by area.
- It would take 54.8 regions the size of Liguria to cover Italy.
- The largest, Sicily (Italy), is 4.71× the size of Liguria; the smallest, Aosta Valley, is 60% of it.
- Closest in size within Italy: Molise (4,530 km², 1.21×) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (7,340 km², 1.34×).
- Counted as a country, Liguria would be larger than 67 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 173rd by area, between Brunei (5,720 km²) and Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- With 1.6 million people it would rank 155th of 238 by population.
- Liguria has 282 people per km², about the density of the United Kingdom, which has 276 per km².
- That makes Liguria the 4th most densely populated of the 20 regions, 1.41× the average for Italy (200 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large in area, so Liguria looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Liguria stretches about 99 km north to south and 206 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai81% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.06× · 5,170 km²PeopleHawaii1.07× · 1.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim79% · 6,940 km²PeopleGoa1.06× · 1.5 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania0.99× · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)63% · 8,670 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire60% · 2.6 million (2022)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.03× · 5,350 km²PeopleMurcia0.99× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaEhime0.98× · 5,630 km²PeopleKagoshima0.98× · 1.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District0.95× · 5,790 km²PeopleRondônia0.98× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island0.96× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.16× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia82% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaAguascalientes0.99× · 5,550 km²PeopleZacatecas0.92× · 1.7 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChachoengsao0.99× · 5,550 km²PeopleNakhon Si Thammarat1.00× · 1.6 million (2020)
Where Liguria sits in Italy
All 20 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Liguria
- Rondônia vs Liguria
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania vs Liguria
- Murcia vs Liguria
- Udon Thani vs Liguria
- Nakhon Si Thammarat vs Liguria
- Buriram vs Liguria
- Gunma vs Liguria
- Ibaraki vs Liguria
- Yamaguchi vs Liguria
- Phayao vs Liguria
- Colima vs Liguria
- Chanthaburi vs Liguria
- Mie vs Liguria
- Federal District vs Liguria
- Chumphon vs Liguria
- Maha Sarakham vs Liguria
- Prince Edward Island vs Liguria
- Nakhon Phanom vs Liguria
- Ehime vs Liguria
- Chachoengsao vs Liguria
- Aguascalientes vs Liguria
- Liguria vs Cyprus
- Brunei vs Liguria
- East Timor vs Liguria
- Shanghai vs Liguria
- Liguria vs Delaware
- Sikkim vs Liguria
- Liguria vs Cantabria
- Corsica (France) vs Liguria
- Liguria vs Ratchaburi
- Liguria vs Suphan Buri
- Liguria vs La Rioja
- Liguria vs Balearic Islands
- Liguria vs Chiba
- Liguria vs Morelos
- Liguria vs Fukuoka
- Liguria vs Chonburi
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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