Italy is 90.3× the size of French Polynesia

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and French Polynesia about 3,340 km² (1,290 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
3,340km²French Polynesia

500 km

Italy
French Polynesia

What fits

French Polynesia fits inside Italy about 90.3 times by area.
Italy is larger by 298,000 km² (115,000 mi²), which is 8,927% of the area of French Polynesia.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, French Polynesia about 0.11.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 279,000, 211× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 84 in French Polynesia: Italy is 2.34× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and French Polynesia at 15°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Italy as 156× the size of French Polynesia instead of 90.3×.
Together Italy and French Polynesia cover 305,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 2.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 298,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At French Polynesia's density, Italy would have 25.2 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, French Polynesia would have 652,000 (it has 279,000).
Italy's centre is 57.9° of latitude, about 6,430 km, farther north than French Polynesia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	90.3×
More people	Italy	211×
More crowded	Italy	2.34×
Farther north	Italy	57.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	French Polynesia
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.11×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.01×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.01×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.01×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.01×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	1 in 944
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 2,539
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 2,831
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 5,089

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

Side by side

	Italy	French Polynesia
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	3,340 km²1,290 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	279,000Wikidata, 2022
Density	195 per km²	84 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	4,170 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Papeete
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	28°S to 8°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022, 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 3,340 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,170 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

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