Italy is 1.10× the size of Burkina Faso
Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Burkina Faso about 273,000 km² (105,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 301,000km²Italy
- 273,000km²Burkina Faso
200 km
- Italy
- Burkina Faso
What fits
- Burkina Faso is 91% of the size of Italy.
- Italy is larger by 28,400 km² (11,000 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Burkina Faso.
- Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Burkina Faso about 8.89.
How they differ
- Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 23.0 million, 2.56× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 84 in Burkina Faso: Italy is 2.31× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,640 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Burkina Faso at 12°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 1.95× the size of Burkina Faso instead of 1.10×.
- Together Italy and Burkina Faso cover 574,000 km², close to the size of Ukraine (572,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 28,400 km², is about the size of Albania (28,300 km²).
- At Burkina Faso's density, Italy would have 25.4 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Burkina Faso would have 53.3 million (it has 23.0 million).
- Italy's centre is 30.4° of latitude, about 3,380 km, farther north than Burkina Faso's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Italy | 1.10× |
| More people | Italy | 2.56× |
| More crowded | Italy | 2.31× |
| Farther north | Italy | 30.4° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Italy | 1.9× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Italy | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 9.82× | 8.89× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.24× | 1.12× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.84× | 0.76× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.81× | 0.73× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.55× | 0.50× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.10× | 0.09× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.04× | 0.03× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 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
| Italy | Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² | 273,000 km²105,000 mi² |
| Population | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 | 23.0 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 84 per km² |
| Official area | 302,000 km²Wikidata | 274,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Rome | Ouagadougou |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 47°N | 9°N to 15°N |
| Continent | Europe | Africa |
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 274,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 273,000 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