Italy is 4.34× the size of Ireland

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Ireland about 69,400 km² (26,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
69,400km²Ireland

200 km

Italy
Ireland

What fits

Ireland fits inside Italy about 4.34 times by area.
Italy is larger by 232,000 km² (89,500 mi²), which is 334% of the area of Ireland.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Ireland about 2.26.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 5.1 million, 11.4× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 74 in Ireland: Italy is 2.64× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Ireland at 53°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Italy as 2.89× the size of Ireland instead of 4.34×.
Together Italy and Ireland cover 371,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 232,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
At Ireland's density, Italy would have 22.3 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Ireland would have 13.6 million (it has 5.1 million).
Ireland's centre is 10.5° of latitude, about 1,160 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	4.34×
More people	Italy	11.4×
More crowded	Italy	2.64×
Farther north	Ireland	10.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Ireland	2.8× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Ireland
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	2.26×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.28×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.19×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.19×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.13×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.02×
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×	1 in 245

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

Side by side

	Italy	Ireland
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	69,400 km²26,800 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	5.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	195 per km²	74 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	69,800 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Dublin
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	51°N to 55°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022, 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 69,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 69,400 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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