Region of Italy
Sardinia (Italy)
Sardinia (Italy) is a region of Italy. It covers about 24,100 km² (9,310 mi²), the 3rd largest of the 20 regions in Natural Earth’s file for Italy, and 95% of the size of Rwanda. About 1.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 24,100 km²9,310 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 23,900 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Italy | 8.0%of the area of the 20 regions |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 20regions of Italy |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2020 · the only figure Wikidata has; most units carry 2019 |
| Density | 68 people per km² |
| Capital | Cagliari |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 41°N |
| Type | RegionIT-88 |
What the numbers say about Sardinia (Italy)
- Sardinia (Italy) covers 8.0% of the area of Italy and ranks 11th of 20 by population, against 3rd by area.
- It would take 12.5 regions the size of Sardinia (Italy) to cover Italy.
- The largest, Sicily (Italy), is 1.07× the size of Sardinia (Italy); the smallest, Aosta Valley, is 14% of it.
- Closest in size within Italy: Lombardy (24,000 km², 1.01×) and Tuscany (23,000 km², 1.05×).
- Counted as a country, Sardinia (Italy) would be larger than 90 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 150th by area, between Rwanda (25,300 km²) and Belize (22,300 km²).
- With 1.6 million people it would rank 153rd of 238 by population.
- Sardinia (Italy) has 68 people per km², about the density of Mexico, which has 68 per km².
- That makes Sardinia (Italy) the 17th most densely populated of the 20 regions, 34% of the average for Italy (200 per km²).
- Wikidata holds no 2019 figure for Sardinia (Italy); the 2020 figure is the only one it has, so Sardinia (Italy) is not counted the same way as the 19 regions that carry 2019.
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large in area, so Sardinia (Italy) looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Sardinia (Italy) stretches about 267 km north to south and 143 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 23,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,100 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.
- ChinaAreaHainan71% · 33,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaNew Hampshire0.99× · 24,300 km²PeopleWest Virginia0.91× · 1.8 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaMeghalaya1.04× · 23,100 km²PeopleGoa1.12× · 1.5 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaMecklenburg-Western Pomerania1.04× · 23,200 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania1.04× · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany88% · 27,300 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire63% · 2.6 million (2022)
- SpainAreaValencian Community1.04× · 23,300 km²PeopleMurcia1.04× · 1.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.56× · 15,500 km²PeopleKagoshima1.03× · 1.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe1.12× · 21,600 km²PeopleRondônia1.03× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.21× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia86% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaTabasco1.00× · 24,100 km²PeopleZacatecas0.96× · 1.7 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.06× · 22,800 km²PeopleBuriram1.03× · 1.6 million (2020)
Where Sardinia (Italy) sits in Italy
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Ranked within Italy
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the 8 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, 2020. 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