Italy is 2.20× the size of Bangladesh

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Bangladesh about 137,000 km² (52,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
137,000km²Bangladesh

200 km

Italy
Bangladesh

What fits

Bangladesh fits inside Italy about 2.20 times by area.
Italy is larger by 164,000 km² (63,400 mi²), which is 120% of the area of Bangladesh.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Bangladesh about 4.46.

How they differ

Italy is larger, but Bangladesh has the larger population: 171.5 million against 58.9 million, 2.91× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,252 in Bangladesh against 195 in Italy: Bangladesh is 6.41× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,290 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Bangladesh at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Italy as 3.41× the size of Bangladesh instead of 2.20×.
Together Italy and Bangladesh cover 438,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 164,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
At Bangladesh's density, Italy would have 377.2 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Bangladesh would have 26.8 million (it has 171.5 million).
Italy's centre is 18.9° of latitude, about 2,100 km, farther north than Bangladesh's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	2.20×
More people	Bangladesh	2.91×
More crowded	Bangladesh	6.41×
Farther north	Italy	18.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Bangladesh
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	4.46×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.56×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.38×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.37×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.25×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Italy	Bangladesh
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	137,000 km²52,900 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	171.5 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	195 per km²	1,252 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	148,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Dhaka
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	21°N to 27°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

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

Wikidata's official figure of 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 137,000 km² is 7.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 148,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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