Italy is 1.45× the size of Belarus

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Belarus about 207,000 km² (80,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
207,000km²Belarus

200 km

Italy
Belarus

What fits

Belarus is 69% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 93,700 km² (36,200 mi²), which is 45% of the area of Belarus.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Belarus about 6.77.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 9.1 million, 6.50× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 44 in Belarus: Italy is 4.48× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,670 km apart.
On a standard web map Belarus looks larger than Italy: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Belarus at 54°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Belarus as 1.05× the size of Italy, when Italy is 1.45× the size of Belarus.
Together Italy and Belarus cover 509,000 km², close to the size of Thailand (514,000 km², 1.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 93,700 km², is about the size of Hungary (93,200 km²).
At Belarus's density, Italy would have 13.1 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Belarus would have 40.5 million (it has 9.1 million).
Belarus's centre is 10.8° of latitude, about 1,200 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.45×
More people	Italy	6.50×
More crowded	Italy	4.48×
Farther north	Belarus	10.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Belarus	2.8× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Belarus
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	6.77×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.85×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.58×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.56×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.38×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.07×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
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	Belarus
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	207,000 km²80,100 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	9.1 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	195 per km²	44 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	208,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Minsk
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	51°N to 56°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2026, 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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 208,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 207,000 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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