Italy is 1.66× the size of Cambodia

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Cambodia about 181,000 km² (69,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
181,000km²Cambodia

200 km

Italy
Cambodia

What fits

Cambodia is 60% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 120,000 km² (46,400 mi²), which is 66% of the area of Cambodia.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Cambodia about 5.90.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 17.4 million, 3.38× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 96 in Cambodia: Italy is 2.03× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,270 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Cambodia at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Italy as 2.93× the size of Cambodia instead of 1.66×.
Together Italy and Cambodia cover 482,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 2.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 120,000 km², is about the size of Malawi (119,000 km²).
At Cambodia's density, Italy would have 29.0 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Cambodia would have 35.4 million (it has 17.4 million).
Italy's centre is 30.0° of latitude, about 3,330 km, farther north than Cambodia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.66×
More people	Italy	3.38×
More crowded	Italy	2.03×
Farther north	Italy	30.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Cambodia
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	5.90×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.74×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.51×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.48×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.33×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.06×
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	Cambodia
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	181,000 km²69,900 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	17.4 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	195 per km²	96 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	181,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Phnom Penh
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	10°N to 15°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 181,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 181,000 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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