Italy is 3.39× the size of Jordan

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Jordan about 88,900 km² (34,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
88,900km²Jordan

200 km

Italy
Jordan

What fits

Jordan fits inside Italy about 3.39 times by area.
Italy is larger by 212,000 km² (82,000 mi²), which is 239% of the area of Jordan.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Jordan about 2.90.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 10.4 million, 5.64× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 117 in Jordan: Italy is 1.67× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,510 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Jordan at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Italy as 4.59× the size of Jordan instead of 3.39×.
Together Italy and Jordan cover 390,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 212,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
At Jordan's density, Italy would have 35.3 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Jordan would have 17.4 million (it has 10.4 million).
Italy's centre is 11.5° of latitude, about 1,280 km, farther north than Jordan's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	3.39×
More people	Italy	5.64×
More crowded	Italy	1.67×
Farther north	Italy	11.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.4×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Jordan
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	2.90×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.36×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.25×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.24×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.16×
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	Jordan
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	88,900 km²34,300 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	10.4 millionWikidata, 2019
Density	195 per km²	117 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	89,300 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Amman
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	29°N to 33°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

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 89,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 88,900 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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