Region of Italy
Molise
Molise is a region of Italy. It covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²), the 19th largest of the 20 regions in Natural Earth’s file for Italy, and 88% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago. About 304,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2019).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Italy | 1.5%of the area of the 20 regions |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20regions of Italy |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 67 people per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N |
| Type | RegionIT-67 |
What the numbers say about Molise
- Molise covers 1.5% of the area of Italy and ranks 19th of 20 by both area and population.
- It would take 66.6 regions the size of Molise to cover Italy.
- The largest, Sicily (Italy), is 5.72× the size of Molise; the smallest, Aosta Valley, is 73% of it.
- Closest in size within Italy: Liguria (5,490 km², 1.21×) and Aosta Valley (3,300 km², 1.37×).
- Counted as a country, Molise would be larger than 65 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 175th by area, between Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²) and Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- With 304,000 people it would rank 178th of 238 by population.
- Molise has 67 people per km², about the density of Mexico, which has 68 per km².
- That makes Molise the 18th most densely populated of the 20 regions, 34% of 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 Molise looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Molise stretches about 79 km north to south and 101 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,530 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai67% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware87% · 5,170 km²PeopleWyoming53% · 577,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.32× · 3,420 km²PeopleLadakh1.11× · 274,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.70× · 2,650 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.75× · 2,580 km²PeopleMayotte0.95× · 321,000 (2024)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands88% · 5,120 km²PeopleLa Rioja0.94× · 324,000 (2024)
- JapanAreaYamanashi1.00× · 4,510 km²PeopleTottori55% · 550,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreaFederal District78% · 5,790 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island79% · 5,730 km²PeopleNewfoundland and Labrador60% · 511,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.93× · 2,350 km²PeopleNorthern Territory1.16× · 262,000 (2024)
- MexicoAreaMorelos89% · 5,080 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- ThailandAreaPrachinburi0.98× · 4,620 km²PeopleChai Nat0.94× · 322,000 (2020)
Where Molise sits in Italy
All 20 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Molise
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- Molise vs Cape Verde
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- Molise vs Luxembourg
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- Morelos vs Molise
- Balearic Islands vs Molise
- Molise vs Réunion (France)
- Molise vs Yamanashi
- Molise vs Saarland
- Molise vs Narathiwat
- Molise vs Wakayama
- Molise vs Krabi
- Molise vs Toyama
- Molise vs Chonburi
- Molise vs Tokushima
- Molise vs Nong Bua Lamphu
- Molise vs Phichit
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- Molise vs Ishikawa
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- Molise vs Phang Nga
- Molise vs Shiga
- Molise vs Nagasaki
- Molise vs Bueng Kan
- Molise vs Amnat Charoen
- Molise vs Saitama
- Molise vs Tlaxcala
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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