Italy is 2.77× the size of Guatemala

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Guatemala about 109,000 km² (42,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
109,000km²Guatemala

200 km

Italy
Guatemala

What fits

Guatemala fits inside Italy about 2.77 times by area.
Italy is larger by 192,000 km² (74,300 mi²), which is 177% of the area of Guatemala.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Guatemala about 3.55.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 17.3 million, 3.41× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 159 in Guatemala: Italy is 1.23× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,820 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Guatemala at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Italy as 4.75× the size of Guatemala instead of 2.77×.
Together Italy and Guatemala cover 410,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 2.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 192,000 km², is about the size of Senegal (196,000 km²).
At Guatemala's density, Italy would have 47.8 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Guatemala would have 21.3 million (it has 17.3 million).
Italy's centre is 27.0° of latitude, about 3,000 km, farther north than Guatemala's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	2.77×
More people	Italy	3.41×
More crowded	Italy	1.23×
Farther north	Italy	27.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Guatemala
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	3.55×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.45×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.30×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.29×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.20×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
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	Guatemala
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	109,000 km²42,000 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	17.3 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	195 per km²	159 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	109,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Guatemala City
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	14°N to 18°N
Continent	Europe	North America

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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 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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