Italy is 17.2× the size of Kuwait

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Kuwait about 17,500 km² (6,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
17,500km²Kuwait

200 km

Italy
Kuwait

What fits

Kuwait fits inside Italy about 17.2 times by area.
Italy is larger by 284,000 km² (110,000 mi²), which is 1,624% of the area of Kuwait.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Kuwait about 0.57.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 4.5 million, 13.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 255 in Kuwait against 195 in Italy: Kuwait is 1.31× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,480 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Kuwait at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Italy as 24.3× the size of Kuwait instead of 17.2×.
Together Italy and Kuwait cover 319,000 km², close to the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 284,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At Kuwait's density, Italy would have 76.9 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Kuwait would have 3.4 million (it has 4.5 million).
Italy's centre is 13.4° of latitude, about 1,490 km, farther north than Kuwait's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	17.2×
More people	Italy	13.2×
More crowded	Kuwait	1.31×
Farther north	Italy	13.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Kuwait
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.57×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.07×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.05×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.05×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.03×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 485
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 541
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 972

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

Side by side

	Italy	Kuwait
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	17,500 km²6,750 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	4.5 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	195 per km²	255 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	17,800 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Kuwait City
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	29°N to 30°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020, 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 17,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 17,500 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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