Italy is 2.74× the size of Cuba

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Cuba about 110,000 km² (42,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
110,000km²Cuba

200 km

Italy
Cuba

What fits

Cuba fits inside Italy about 2.74 times by area.
Italy is larger by 191,000 km² (73,800 mi²), which is 174% of the area of Cuba.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Cuba about 3.58.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 11.0 million, 5.36× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 100 in Cuba: Italy is 1.96× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,490 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Cuba at 22°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Italy as 4.38× the size of Cuba instead of 2.74×.
Together Italy and Cuba cover 411,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 2.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 191,000 km², is about the size of Senegal (196,000 km²).
At Cuba's density, Italy would have 30.1 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Cuba would have 21.5 million (it has 11.0 million).
Italy's centre is 21.1° of latitude, about 2,340 km, farther north than Cuba's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	2.74×
More people	Italy	5.36×
More crowded	Italy	1.96×
Farther north	Italy	21.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Cuba
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	3.58×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.45×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.31×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.29×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.20×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
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	Cuba
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	110,000 km²42,400 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	11.0 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	195 per km²	100 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	110,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Havana
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	20°N to 23°N
Continent	Europe	North America

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 110,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 110,000 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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