Italy is 4.66× the size of Latvia

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Latvia about 64,600 km² (24,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
64,600km²Latvia

200 km

Italy
Latvia

What fits

Latvia fits inside Italy about 4.66 times by area.
Italy is larger by 237,000 km² (91,400 mi²), which is 366% of the area of Latvia.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Latvia about 2.11.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 1.8 million, 31.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 29 in Latvia: Italy is 6.84× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,810 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Latvia at 57°N about 3.3×, so the map shows Italy as 2.58× the size of Latvia instead of 4.66×.
Together Italy and Latvia cover 366,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 237,000 km², is about the size of Romania (236,000 km²).
At Latvia's density, Italy would have 8.6 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Latvia would have 12.6 million (it has 1.8 million).
Latvia's centre is 14.2° of latitude, about 1,570 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	4.66×
More people	Italy	31.9×
More crowded	Italy	6.84×
Farther north	Latvia	14.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Latvia	3.3× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Latvia
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	2.11×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.26×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.18×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.17×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.12×
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 263

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

Side by side

	Italy	Latvia
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	64,600 km²24,900 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	1.8 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	195 per km²	29 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	64,600 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Riga
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	56°N to 58°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2026, 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 64,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 64,600 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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