Region of Italy
Veneto
Veneto is a region of Italy. It covers about 18,000 km² (6,960 mi²), the 8th largest of the 20 regions in Natural Earth’s file for Italy, and 1.03× the size of Kuwait. About 4.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2019).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 18,000 km²6,960 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 18,300 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Italy | 6.0%of the area of the 20 regions |
| Rank by area | 8th of 20regions of Italy |
| Population | 4.9 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 272 people per km² |
| Capital | Venice |
| Latitude range | 45°N to 47°N |
| Type | RegionIT-34 |
What the numbers say about Veneto
- Veneto covers 6.0% of the area of Italy and ranks 5th of 20 by population, against 8th by area.
- It would take 16.7 regions the size of Veneto to cover Italy.
- The largest, Sicily (Italy), is 1.43× the size of Veneto; the smallest, Aosta Valley, is 18% of it.
- Closest in size within Italy: Lazio (17,000 km², 1.06×) and Apulia (19,500 km², 1.08×).
- Counted as a country, Veneto would be larger than 83 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 157th by area, between New Caledonia (18,800 km²) and Kuwait (17,500 km²).
- With 4.9 million people it would rank 125th of 238 by population.
- Veneto has 272 people per km², about the density of the United Kingdom, which has 276 per km².
- That makes Veneto the 5th most densely populated of the 20 regions, 1.36× the average for Italy (200 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 46°N is drawn about 2.0× too large in area, so Veneto looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Veneto stretches about 209 km north to south and 191 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 18,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 18,000 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.
- ChinaAreaBeijing1.11× · 16,300 km²PeopleQinghai83% · 5.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaHawaii1.07× · 16,800 km²PeopleAlabama0.98× · 5.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaNagaland1.11× · 16,300 km²PeopleTripura1.34× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaxony0.99× · 18,200 km²PeopleRhineland-Palatinate1.20× · 4.1 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France1.49× · 12,100 km²PeopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur0.95× · 5.2 million (2022)
- SpainAreaValencian Community78% · 23,300 km²PeopleValencian Community0.92× · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.17× · 15,500 km²PeopleFukuoka0.96× · 5.1 million (2020)
- BrazilAreaSergipe83% · 21,600 km²PeopleParaíba1.23× · 4.0 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleBritish Columbia0.98× · 5.0 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleQueensland87% · 5.6 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaHidalgo85% · 21,300 km²PeopleNuevo León0.95× · 5.2 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaTak1.10× · 16,400 km²PeopleBangkok86% · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Veneto sits in Italy
All 20 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Veneto
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the 7 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