Italy is 1.26× the size of Ghana

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Ghana about 239,000 km² (92,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
239,000km²Ghana

200 km

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What fits

Ghana is 79% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 62,500 km² (24,100 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Ghana.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Ghana about 7.78.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 32.8 million, 1.79× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 138 in Ghana: Italy is 1.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,080 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Ghana at 8°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 2.29× the size of Ghana instead of 1.26×.
Together Italy and Ghana cover 540,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 62,500 km², is about the size of Latvia (64,600 km²).
At Ghana's density, Italy would have 41.4 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Ghana would have 46.6 million (it has 32.8 million).
Italy's centre is 34.8° of latitude, about 3,860 km, farther north than Ghana's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.26×
More people	Italy	1.79×
More crowded	Italy	1.42×
Farther north	Italy	34.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Ghana
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	7.78×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.98×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.67×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.64×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.44×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Italy	Ghana
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	239,000 km²92,200 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	32.8 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	195 per km²	138 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	239,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Accra
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	5°N to 11°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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 239,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 239,000 km², to within 2%.

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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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