Italy is 28.7× the size of Gambia

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Gambia about 10,500 km² (4,050 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
10,500km²Gambia

200 km

Italy
Gambia

What fits

Gambia fits inside Italy about 28.7 times by area.
Italy is larger by 291,000 km² (112,000 mi²), which is 2,768% of the area of Gambia.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Gambia about 0.34.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 2.6 million, 22.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 251 in Gambia against 195 in Italy: Gambia is 1.29× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,190 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Gambia at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Italy as 50.2× the size of Gambia instead of 28.7×.
Together Italy and Gambia cover 312,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 291,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At Gambia's density, Italy would have 75.7 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Gambia would have 2.1 million (it has 2.6 million).
Italy's centre is 29.3° of latitude, about 3,250 km, farther north than Gambia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	28.7×
More people	Italy	22.3×
More crowded	Gambia	1.29×
Farther north	Italy	29.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Gambia
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.34×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.04×
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 300
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 807
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 900
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 1,617

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

Side by side

	Italy	Gambia
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	10,500 km²4,050 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	2.6 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	195 per km²	251 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	11,300 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Banjul
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	13°N to 14°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

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 10,500 km² is 7.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 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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