Italy is 2.94× the size of Iceland

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Iceland about 102,000 km² (39,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
102,000km²Iceland

200 km

Italy
Iceland

What fits

Iceland fits inside Italy about 2.94 times by area.
Italy is larger by 199,000 km² (76,800 mi²), which is 194% of the area of Iceland.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Iceland about 3.34.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 364,000, 162× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 3.6 in Iceland: Italy is 54.9× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,130 km apart.
On a standard web map Iceland looks larger than Italy: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Iceland at 65°N about 5.6×, so the map shows Iceland as 1.03× the size of Italy, when Italy is 2.94× the size of Iceland.
Together Italy and Iceland cover 404,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 199,000 km², is about the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km²).
At Iceland's density, Italy would have 1.1 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Iceland would have 20.0 million (it has 364,000).
Iceland's centre is 22.3° of latitude, about 2,480 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	2.94×
More people	Italy	162×
More crowded	Italy	54.9×
Farther north	Iceland	22.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Iceland	5.6× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Iceland
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	3.34×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.42×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.29×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.27×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.19×
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	Iceland
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	102,000 km²39,500 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	364,000Wikidata, 2019
Density	195 per km²	3.6 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	103,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Reykjavík
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	63°N to 67°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2019, 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 103,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 102,000 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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