Italy is 15.9× the size of Fiji

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Fiji about 18,900 km² (7,310 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
18,900km²Fiji

200 km

Italy
Fiji

What fits

Fiji fits inside Italy about 15.9 times by area.
Italy is larger by 282,000 km² (109,000 mi²), which is 1,491% of the area of Fiji.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Fiji about 0.62.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 926,000, 63.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 49 in Fiji: Italy is 3.99× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Fiji at 17°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Italy as 26.8× the size of Fiji instead of 15.9×.
Together Italy and Fiji cover 320,000 km², close to the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 282,000 km², is about the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km²).
At Fiji's density, Italy would have 14.7 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Fiji would have 3.7 million (it has 926,000).
Italy's centre is 60.2° of latitude, about 6,690 km, farther north than Fiji's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	15.9×
More people	Italy	63.5×
More crowded	Italy	3.99×
Farther north	Italy	60.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Fiji
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.62×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.08×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.05×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.05×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.03×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 448
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 499
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 897

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

Side by side

	Italy	Fiji
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	18,900 km²7,310 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	926,000Wikidata, 2018
Density	195 per km²	49 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	18,300 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Suva
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	22°S to 12°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2018, 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 18,900 km² is 3.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 18,300 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

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