Finland is 1.11× the size of Italy

Finland covers about 333,000 km² (129,000 mi²) and Italy about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

333,000km²Finland
301,000km²Italy

200 km

Finland
Italy

What fits

Italy is 90% of the size of Finland.
Finland is larger by 31,900 km² (12,300 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Italy.
Measured in Belgiums: Finland is about 10.9, Italy about 9.82.

How they differ

Finland is larger, but Italy has the larger population: 58.9 million against 5.7 million, 10.4× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 17 in Finland: Italy is 11.5× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,560 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Finland at 64°N is drawn about 5.3× too large and Italy at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Finland as 3.16× the size of Italy instead of 1.11×.
Together Finland and Italy cover 634,000 km², close to the size of South Sudan (627,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 31,900 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
At Italy's density, Finland would have 65.1 million people (it has 5.7 million). At Finland's density, Italy would have 5.1 million (it has 58.9 million).
Finland's centre is 21.5° of latitude, about 2,400 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Finland	1.11×
More people	Italy	10.4×
More crowded	Italy	11.5×
Farther north	Finland	21.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Finland	5.3× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Finland	Italy
Belgium 30,700 km²	10.9×	9.82×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.37×	1.24×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.93×	0.84×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.89×	0.81×
France 548,000 km²	0.61×	0.55×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.10×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Finland	Italy
Area, main territory	333,000 km²129,000 mi²	301,000 km²116,000 mi²
Population	5.7 millionWikidata, 2025	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	17 per km²	195 per km²
Official area	338,000 km²Wikidata	302,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Helsinki	Rome
Latitude range	60°N to 70°N	35°N to 47°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 338,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 333,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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