Italy is 9.17× the size of Guinea-Bissau
Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Guinea-Bissau about 32,800 km² (12,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 301,000km²Italy
- 32,800km²Guinea-Bissau
200 km
- Italy
- Guinea-Bissau
What fits
- Guinea-Bissau fits inside Italy about 9.17 times by area.
- Italy is larger by 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²), which is 817% of the area of Guinea-Bissau.
- Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Guinea-Bissau about 1.07.
How they differ
- Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 1.9 million, 31.6× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 57 in Guinea-Bissau: Italy is 3.45× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Guinea-Bissau at 12°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 16.3× the size of Guinea-Bissau instead of 9.17×.
- Together Italy and Guinea-Bissau cover 334,000 km², close to the size of Finland (333,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 268,000 km², is about the size of New Zealand (268,000 km²).
- At Guinea-Bissau's density, Italy would have 17.1 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Guinea-Bissau would have 6.4 million (it has 1.9 million).
- Italy's centre is 30.7° of latitude, about 3,410 km, farther north than Guinea-Bissau's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Italy | 9.17× |
| More people | Italy | 31.6× |
| More crowded | Italy | 3.45× |
| Farther north | Italy | 30.7° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Italy | 1.9× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Italy | Guinea-Bissau |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 9.82× | 1.07× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.24× | 0.13× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.84× | 0.09× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.81× | 0.09× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.55× | 0.06× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.10× | 0.01× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.04× | 1 in 258 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 1 in 288 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× | 1 in 517 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Italy | Guinea-Bissau | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² | 32,800 km²12,700 mi² |
| Population | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 57 per km² |
| Official area | 302,000 km²Wikidata | 36,100 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Rome | Bissau |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 47°N | 11°N to 13°N |
| Continent | Europe | Africa |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2017, 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 32,800 km² is 9.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 36,100 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