Italy is 2.15× the size of Anhui

What fits

• Anhui fits inside Italy about 2.15 times by area.
• Italy is larger by 161,000 km² (62,200 mi²), which is 115% of the area of Anhui.
• Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Anhui about 4.57.

How they differ

• Italy is larger, but Anhui has the larger population: 61.0 million against 58.9 million, 1.04× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 435 in Anhui against 195 in Italy: Anhui is 2.23× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,750 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Anhui at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Italy as 2.87× the size of Anhui instead of 2.15×.
• Together Italy and Anhui cover 441,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 161,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
• At Anhui's density, Italy would have 131.1 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Anhui would have 27.4 million (it has 61.0 million).
• Italy's centre is 10.9° of latitude, about 1,210 km, farther north than Anhui's.
• Italy ranks 73rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Anhui is the 22nd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Italy lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,210 km) north of Anhui.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Italy would have about 5,120 m² and each person in Anhui about 2,300 m².
• Laid side by side, Italy and Anhui would cover 441,000 km², about the same size as Iraq.
• Together they have 119.9 million people, 97% as many people as Japan.
• Counted as a country, Anhui would rank 96th by area and 24th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 139,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 140,000 km², to within 2%.

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