Italy is 20.0× the size of East Timor
Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and East Timor about 15,100 km² (5,820 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 301,000km²Italy
- 15,100km²East Timor
200 km
- Italy
- East Timor
What fits
- East Timor fits inside Italy about 20.0 times by area.
- Italy is larger by 286,000 km² (110,000 mi²), which is 1,897% of the area of East Timor.
- Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, East Timor about 0.49.
How they differ
- Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 1.4 million, 42.0× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 93 in East Timor: Italy is 2.10× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and East Timor at 9°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 36.1× the size of East Timor instead of 20.0×.
- Together Italy and East Timor cover 316,000 km², close to the size of Poland (313,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 286,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
- At East Timor's density, Italy would have 28.0 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, East Timor would have 2.9 million (it has 1.4 million).
- Italy's centre is 51.5° of latitude, about 5,730 km, farther north than East Timor's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Italy | 20.0× |
| More people | Italy | 42.0× |
| More crowded | Italy | 2.10× |
| Farther north | Italy | 51.5° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Italy | 1.9× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Italy | East Timor |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 9.82× | 0.49× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.24× | 0.06× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.84× | 0.04× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.81× | 0.04× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.55× | 0.03× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.10× | 1 in 209 |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.04× | 1 in 562 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 1 in 626 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× | 1 in 1,126 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Italy | East Timor | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² | 15,100 km²5,820 mi² |
| Population | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 93 per km² |
| Official area | 302,000 km²Wikidata | 14,900 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Rome | Dili |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 47°N | 10°S to 8°S |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2024, 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 14,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 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