Italy is 13.8× the size of Djibouti

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Djibouti about 21,800 km² (8,440 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
21,800km²Djibouti

200 km

Italy
Djibouti

What fits

Djibouti fits inside Italy about 13.8 times by area.
Italy is larger by 279,000 km² (108,000 mi²), which is 1,279% of the area of Djibouti.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Djibouti about 0.71.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 1.2 million, 51.0× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 53 in Djibouti: Italy is 3.70× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,520 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Djibouti at 12°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 24.5× the size of Djibouti instead of 13.8×.
Together Italy and Djibouti cover 323,000 km², close to the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 279,000 km², is about the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km²).
At Djibouti's density, Italy would have 15.9 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Djibouti would have 4.3 million (it has 1.2 million).
Italy's centre is 31.0° of latitude, about 3,440 km, farther north than Djibouti's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	13.8×
More people	Italy	51.0×
More crowded	Italy	3.70×
Farther north	Italy	31.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Djibouti
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.71×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.09×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.06×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.06×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.04×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 388
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 432
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 777

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

Side by side

	Italy	Djibouti
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	21,800 km²8,440 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	1.2 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	195 per km²	53 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Djibouti
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	11°N to 13°N
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 21,800 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

Similar in size to Italy

Similar in size to Djibouti

More comparisons

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

Full method