Italy is 43.1× the size of French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and French Southern and Antarctic Lands about 6,990 km² (2,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
6,990km²French Southern and Antarctic Lands

200 km

Italy
French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Outlines show main territory. French Southern and Antarctic Lands also has about 293 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

French Southern and Antarctic Lands fits inside Italy about 43.1 times by area.
Italy is larger by 294,000 km² (114,000 mi²), which is 4,211% of the area of French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, French Southern and Antarctic Lands about 0.23.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 200, 300,259× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 0.0 in French Southern and Antarctic Lands: Italy is 7,258× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,700 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and French Southern and Antarctic Lands at 49°S about 2.4×, so the map shows Italy as 34.0× the size of French Southern and Antarctic Lands instead of 43.1×.
Together Italy and French Southern and Antarctic Lands cover 308,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 1.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 294,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At French Southern and Antarctic Lands's density, Italy would have 8,110 people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, French Southern and Antarctic Lands would have 1.4 million (it has 200).
Italy's centre is 92.0° of latitude, about 10,230 km, farther north than French Southern and Antarctic Lands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	43.1×
More people	Italy	300,259×
More crowded	Italy	7,258×
Farther north	Italy	92.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	2.4× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.23×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.03×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.02×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.02×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.01×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	1 in 451
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 1,213
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 1,352
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 2,430

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

Side by side

	Italy	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	6,990 km²2,700 mi²
Area with overseas territory	301,000 km²	7,280 km²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	200Wikidata, 2012
Density	195 per km²	0.0 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	7,830 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Port-aux-Français
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	50°S to 49°S
Continent	Europe	Seven seas (open ocean)

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2012, 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 7,280 km² is 7.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,830 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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