Region of Italy
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region of Italy. It covers about 23,000 km² (8,870 mi²), the 5th largest of the 20 regions in Natural Earth’s file for Italy, and about the same size as Belize. About 3.7 million people live there (Wikidata, 2019).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 23,000 km²8,870 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 23,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Italy | 7.6%of the area of the 20 regions |
| Rank by area | 5th of 20regions of Italy |
| Population | 3.7 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 162 people per km² |
| Capital | Florence |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 44°N |
| Type | RegionIT-52 |
What the numbers say about Tuscany
- Tuscany covers 7.6% of the area of Italy and ranks 9th of 20 by population, against 5th by area.
- It would take 13.1 regions the size of Tuscany to cover Italy.
- The largest, Sicily (Italy), is 1.13× the size of Tuscany; the smallest, Aosta Valley, is 14% of it.
- Closest in size within Italy: Emilia-Romagna (22,500 km², 1.02×) and Lombardy (24,000 km², 1.04×).
- Counted as a country, Tuscany 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 3.7 million people it would rank 133rd of 238 by population.
- Tuscany has 162 people per km², about the density of Guatemala, which has 159 per km².
- That makes Tuscany the 11th most densely populated of the 20 regions, 81% 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 Tuscany looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Tuscany stretches about 241 km north to south and 213 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 23,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,000 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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.41× · 16,300 km²PeopleTibet1.02× · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaNew Hampshire0.95× · 24,300 km²PeopleConnecticut1.03× · 3.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaMeghalaya0.99× · 23,100 km²PeopleTripura1.02× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaMecklenburg-Western Pomerania0.99× · 23,200 km²PeopleBerlin0.99× · 3.8 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBrittany84% · 27,300 km²PeoplePays de la Loire0.96× · 3.9 million (2022)
- SpainAreaValencian Community0.99× · 23,300 km²PeopleGalicia1.38× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.48× · 15,500 km²PeopleShizuoka1.03× · 3.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSergipe1.06× · 21,600 km²PeopleMato Grosso1.02× · 3.7 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleAlberta87% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleWestern Australia1.24× · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaTabasco0.95× · 24,100 km²PeopleChihuahua1.05× · 3.6 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.01× · 22,800 km²PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.42× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Tuscany sits in Italy
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Compare Tuscany
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- Tabasco vs Tuscany
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- Tuscany vs Tripura
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the 10 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