Italy is 11.1× the size of Burundi

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Burundi about 27,000 km² (10,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
27,000km²Burundi

200 km

Italy
Burundi

What fits

Burundi fits inside Italy about 11.1 times by area.
Italy is larger by 274,000 km² (106,000 mi²), which is 1,014% of the area of Burundi.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Burundi about 0.88.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 13.7 million, 4.30× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 506 in Burundi against 195 in Italy: Burundi is 2.59× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,420 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Burundi at 3°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 20.6× the size of Burundi instead of 11.1×.
Together Italy and Burundi cover 328,000 km², close to the size of Malaysia (328,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 274,000 km², is about the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km²).
At Burundi's density, Italy would have 152.5 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Burundi would have 5.3 million (it has 13.7 million).
Italy's centre is 46.1° of latitude, about 5,120 km, farther north than Burundi's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	11.1×
More people	Italy	4.30×
More crowded	Burundi	2.59×
Farther north	Italy	46.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Burundi
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.88×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.11×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.08×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.07×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 313
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 349
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 628

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

Side by side

	Italy	Burundi
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	27,000 km²10,400 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	13.7 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	195 per km²	506 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	27,800 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Gitega
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	4°S to 2°S
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%.
Our measured 27,000 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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