Italy is 227× the size of Faroe Islands
Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Faroe Islands about 1,330 km² (513 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 301,000km²Italy
- 1,330km²Faroe Islands
200 km
- Italy
- Faroe Islands
What fits
- Faroe Islands fits inside Italy about 227 times by area.
- Italy is larger by 300,000 km² (116,000 mi²), which is 22,571% of the area of Faroe Islands.
- Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Faroe Islands about 0.04.
How they differ
- Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 54,000, 1,087× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 41 in Faroe Islands: Italy is 4.79× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,490 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Faroe Islands at 62°N about 4.6×, so the map shows Italy as 92.1× the size of Faroe Islands instead of 227×.
- Together Italy and Faroe Islands cover 303,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 2.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 300,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
- At Faroe Islands's density, Italy would have 12.3 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Faroe Islands would have 260,000 (it has 54,000).
- Faroe Islands's centre is 19.4° of latitude, about 2,150 km, farther north than Italy's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Italy | 227× |
| More people | Italy | 1,087× |
| More crowded | Italy | 4.79× |
| Farther north | Faroe Islands | 19.4° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Faroe Islands | 4.6× against 1.9× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Italy | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 9.82× | 0.04× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.24× | 0.01× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.84× | 1 in 269 |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.81× | 1 in 281 |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.55× | 1 in 412 |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.10× | 1 in 2,372 |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.04× | 1 in 6,378 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 1 in 7,111 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× | 1 in 12,781 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Italy | Faroe Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² | 1,330 km²513 mi² |
| Population | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 | 54,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 41 per km² |
| Official area | 302,000 km²Wikidata | 1,400 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Rome | Tórshavn |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 47°N | 61°N to 62°N |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
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 1,330 km² is 5.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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