Region of Italy
Marche
Marche is a region of Italy. It covers about 9,450 km² (3,650 mi²), the 15th largest of the 20 regions in Natural Earth’s file for Italy, and 94% of the size of Lebanon. About 1.5 million people live there (Wikidata, 2019).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 9,450 km²3,650 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 9,690 km²Wikidata · 2.5% above our measure |
| Share of Italy | 3.1%of the area of the 20 regions |
| Rank by area | 15th of 20regions of Italy |
| Population | 1.5 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 161 people per km² |
| Capital | Ancona |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 44°N |
| Type | RegionIT-57 |
What the numbers say about Marche
- Marche covers 3.1% of the area of Italy and ranks 13th of 20 by population, against 15th by area.
- It would take 31.9 regions the size of Marche to cover Italy.
- The largest, Sicily (Italy), is 2.74× the size of Marche; the smallest, Aosta Valley, is 35% of it.
- Closest in size within Italy: Basilicata (10,100 km², 1.06×) and Umbria (8,500 km², 1.11×).
- Counted as a country, Marche would be larger than 71 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 169th by area, between Lebanon (10,000 km²) and Puerto Rico (9,010 km²).
- With 1.5 million people it would rank 155th of 238 by population.
- Marche has 161 people per km², about the density of Guatemala, which has 159 per km².
- That makes Marche the 12th most densely populated of the 20 regions, 80% of the average for Italy (200 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large in area, so Marche looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Marche stretches about 143 km north to south and 139 km east to west.
- Our measured 9,450 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,690 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin82% · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut74% · 12,700 km²PeopleHawaii1.05× · 1.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura88% · 10,700 km²PeopleGoa1.04× · 1.5 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein61% · 15,400 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania0.97× · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)1.09× · 8,670 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire59% · 2.6 million (2022)
- SpainAreaNavarre0.94× · 10,100 km²PeopleMurcia0.97× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaAomori0.98× · 9,660 km²PeopleKagoshima0.96× · 1.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.63× · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins1.01× · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.65× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.13× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia80% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro81% · 11,700 km²PeopleZacatecas0.90× · 1.7 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaSakon Nakhon0.99× · 9,560 km²PeopleNakhon Si Thammarat0.98× · 1.6 million (2020)
Where Marche sits in Italy
All 20 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Marche
- Tocantins vs Marche
- Aomori vs Marche
- Sakon Nakhon vs Marche
- Lebanon vs Marche
- Gambia vs Marche
- East Timor vs Marche
- Montenegro vs Marche
- Marche vs Prince Edward Island
- Tianjin vs Marche
- Marche vs Federal District
- Connecticut vs Marche
- Tripura vs Marche
- Querétaro vs Marche
- Navarre vs Marche
- Marche vs Corsica (France)
- Schleswig-Holstein vs Marche
- Nakhon Si Thammarat vs Marche
- Marche vs Yamagata
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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