Italy is 7.05× the size of Denmark

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Denmark about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
42,700km²Denmark

200 km

Italy
Denmark

What fits

Denmark fits inside Italy about 7.05 times by area.
Italy is larger by 258,000 km² (99,800 mi²), which is 605% of the area of Denmark.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Denmark about 1.39.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 5.8 million, 10.1× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 136 in Denmark: Italy is 1.43× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,480 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Italy as 4.09× the size of Denmark instead of 7.05×.
Together Italy and Denmark cover 344,000 km², close to the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 258,000 km², is about the size of Gabon (260,000 km²).
At Denmark's density, Italy would have 41.1 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Denmark would have 8.3 million (it has 5.8 million).
Denmark's centre is 13.3° of latitude, about 1,470 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	7.05×
More people	Italy	10.1×
More crowded	Italy	1.43×
Farther north	Denmark	13.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Denmark	3.2× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Denmark
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	1.39×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.18×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.12×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.11×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.08×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 221
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 398

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

Side by side

	Italy	Denmark
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	42,700 km²16,500 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	5.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	195 per km²	136 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	42,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Copenhagen
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	55°N to 58°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 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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