Italy is 52.7× the size of Brunei

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Brunei about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
5,720km²Brunei

200 km

Italy
Brunei

What fits

Brunei fits inside Italy about 52.7 times by area.
Italy is larger by 295,000 km² (114,000 mi²), which is 5,169% of the area of Brunei.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Brunei about 0.19.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 459,000, 128× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 80 in Brunei: Italy is 2.43× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,700 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Brunei at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 97.0× the size of Brunei instead of 52.7×.
Together Italy and Brunei cover 307,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 295,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At Brunei's density, Italy would have 24.2 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Brunei would have 1.1 million (it has 459,000).
Italy's centre is 38.2° of latitude, about 4,250 km, farther north than Brunei's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	52.7×
More people	Italy	128×
More crowded	Italy	2.43×
Farther north	Italy	38.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Brunei
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.19×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.02×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.02×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.02×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.01×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	1 in 551
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 1,482
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 1,653
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 2,970

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

Side by side

	Italy	Brunei
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	5,720 km²2,210 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	459,000Wikidata, 2023
Density	195 per km²	80 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	5,770 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Bandar Seri Begawan
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	4°N to 5°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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,770 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,720 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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