Italy is 26.0× the size of Falkland Islands
Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Falkland Islands about 11,600 km² (4,480 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 301,000km²Italy
- 11,600km²Falkland Islands
200 km
- Italy
- Falkland Islands
The boundary or political status of Falkland Islands is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.
What fits
- Falkland Islands fits inside Italy about 26.0 times by area.
- Italy is larger by 290,000 km² (112,000 mi²), which is 2,497% of the area of Falkland Islands.
- Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Falkland Islands about 0.38.
How they differ
- Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 3,660, 16,071× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 0.3 in Falkland Islands: Italy is 619× 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 Falkland Islands at 52°S about 2.6×, so the map shows Italy as 18.4× the size of Falkland Islands instead of 26.0×.
- Together Italy and Falkland Islands cover 313,000 km², close to the size of Poland (313,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 290,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
- At Falkland Islands's density, Italy would have 95,000 people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Falkland Islands would have 2.3 million (it has 3,660).
- Italy's centre is 94.4° of latitude, about 10,500 km, farther north than Falkland Islands's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Italy | 26.0× |
| More people | Italy | 16,071× |
| More crowded | Italy | 619× |
| Farther north | Italy | 94.4° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Falkland Islands | 2.6× against 1.9× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Italy | Falkland Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 9.82× | 0.38× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.24× | 0.05× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.84× | 0.03× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.81× | 0.03× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.55× | 0.02× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.10× | 1 in 272 |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.04× | 1 in 731 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 1 in 815 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× | 1 in 1,464 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Italy | Falkland Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² | 11,600 km²4,480 mi² |
| Population | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 | 3,660Wikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 0.3 per km² |
| Official area | 302,000 km²Wikidata | 12,200 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Rome | Stanley |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 47°N | 52°S to 51°S |
| Continent | Europe | South America |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021, 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 11,600 km² is 4.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 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