Italy is 27.3× the size of Jamaica

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Jamaica about 11,000 km² (4,260 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
11,000km²Jamaica

200 km

Italy
Jamaica

What fits

Jamaica fits inside Italy about 27.3 times by area.
Italy is larger by 290,000 km² (112,000 mi²), which is 2,630% of the area of Jamaica.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Jamaica about 0.36.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 2.7 million, 21.8× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 245 in Jamaica against 195 in Italy: Jamaica is 1.25× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,610 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Jamaica at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Italy as 45.6× the size of Jamaica instead of 27.3×.
Together Italy and Jamaica cover 312,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 290,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At Jamaica's density, Italy would have 73.7 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Jamaica would have 2.2 million (it has 2.7 million).
Italy's centre is 24.5° of latitude, about 2,730 km, farther north than Jamaica's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	27.3×
More people	Italy	21.8×
More crowded	Jamaica	1.25×
Farther north	Italy	24.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Jamaica
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.36×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.05×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.03×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	1 in 286
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 768
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 856
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 1,539

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

Side by side

	Italy	Jamaica
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	11,000 km²4,260 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	2.7 millionWikidata, 2011
Density	195 per km²	245 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	11,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Kingston
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	18°N to 19°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2011, 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 11,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,000 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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