Germany is 1.19× the size of Italy

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Italy about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
301,000km²Italy

200 km

Germany
Italy

What fits

Italy is 84% of the size of Germany.
Germany is larger by 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Italy.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Italy about 9.82.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 58.9 million, 1.42× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 195 in Italy: Germany is 1.19× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 938 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Italy at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Germany as 1.62× the size of Italy instead of 1.19×.
Together Germany and Italy cover 659,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 56,500 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
At Italy's density, Germany would have 69.9 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Italy would have 70.3 million (it has 58.9 million).
Germany's centre is 8.3° of latitude, about 930 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	1.19×
More people	Germany	1.42×
More crowded	Germany	1.19×
Farther north	Germany	8.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Italy
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	9.82×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	1.24×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.81×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	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

	Germany	Italy
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	301,000 km²116,000 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	233 per km²	195 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	302,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Rome
Latitude range	47°N to 55°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 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 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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