Italy is 30.1× the size of Lebanon
Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Lebanon about 10,000 km² (3,860 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 301,000km²Italy
- 10,000km²Lebanon
200 km
- Italy
- Lebanon
What fits
- Lebanon fits inside Italy about 30.1 times by area.
- Italy is larger by 291,000 km² (112,000 mi²), which is 2,911% of the area of Lebanon.
- Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Lebanon about 0.33.
How they differ
- Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 6.1 million, 9.65× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 610 in Lebanon against 195 in Italy: Lebanon is 3.12× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,270 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Lebanon at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Italy as 38.4× the size of Lebanon instead of 30.1×.
- Together Italy and Lebanon cover 311,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 291,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
- At Lebanon's density, Italy would have 183.6 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Lebanon would have 2.0 million (it has 6.1 million).
- Italy's centre is 8.8° of latitude, about 980 km, farther north than Lebanon's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Italy | 30.1× |
| More people | Italy | 9.65× |
| More crowded | Lebanon | 3.12× |
| Farther north | Italy | 8.8° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Italy | 1.9× against 1.5× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Italy | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 9.82× | 0.33× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.24× | 0.04× |
| 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 315 |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.04× | 1 in 847 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 1 in 944 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× | 1 in 1,697 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Italy | Lebanon | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² | 10,000 km²3,860 mi² |
| Population | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2018 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 610 per km² |
| Official area | 302,000 km²Wikidata | 10,500 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Rome | Beirut |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 47°N | 33°N to 35°N |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2018, 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%.
- Our measured 10,000 km² is 4.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 10,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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