Italy is 76.7× the size of Cape Verde
Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Cape Verde about 3,930 km² (1,520 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 301,000km²Italy
- 3,930km²Cape Verde
200 km
- Italy
- Cape Verde
What fits
- Cape Verde fits inside Italy about 76.7 times by area.
- Italy is larger by 297,000 km² (115,000 mi²), which is 7,570% of the area of Cape Verde.
- Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Cape Verde about 0.13.
How they differ
- Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 556,000, 106× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 142 in Cape Verde: Italy is 1.38× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,540 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Cape Verde at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Italy as 131× the size of Cape Verde instead of 76.7×.
- Together Italy and Cape Verde cover 305,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 2.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 297,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
- At Cape Verde's density, Italy would have 42.6 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Cape Verde would have 767,000 (it has 556,000).
- Italy's centre is 26.8° of latitude, about 2,980 km, farther north than Cape Verde's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Italy | 76.7× |
| More people | Italy | 106× |
| More crowded | Italy | 1.38× |
| Farther north | Italy | 26.8° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Italy | 1.9× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Italy | Cape Verde |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 9.82× | 0.13× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.24× | 0.02× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.84× | 0.01× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.81× | 0.01× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.55× | 0.01× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.10× | 1 in 802 |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.04× | 1 in 2,158 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 1 in 2,406 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× | 1 in 4,324 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Italy | Cape Verde | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² | 3,930 km²1,520 mi² |
| Population | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 | 556,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 142 per km² |
| Official area | 302,000 km²Wikidata | 4,030 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Rome | Praia |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 47°N | 15°N to 17°N |
| Continent | Europe | Africa |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020, 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 3,930 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,030 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