Italy is 151× the size of Mauritius

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Mauritius about 2,000 km² (772 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
2,000km²Mauritius

200 km

Italy
Mauritius

Outlines show main territory. Mauritius also has about 14 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

Mauritius fits inside Italy about 151 times by area.
Italy is larger by 299,000 km² (116,000 mi²), which is 14,956% of the area of Mauritius.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Mauritius about 0.07.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 1.3 million, 46.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 628 in Mauritius against 195 in Italy: Mauritius is 3.21× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,420 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Mauritius at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Italy as 245× the size of Mauritius instead of 151×.
Together Italy and Mauritius cover 303,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 2.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 299,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At Mauritius's density, Italy would have 189.1 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Mauritius would have 394,000 (it has 1.3 million).
Italy's centre is 63.0° of latitude, about 7,000 km, farther north than Mauritius's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	151×
More people	Italy	46.5×
More crowded	Mauritius	3.21×
Farther north	Italy	63.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Mauritius
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.07×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.01×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.01×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.01×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	1 in 274
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	1 in 1,575
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 4,235
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 4,723
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 8,488

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

Side by side

	Italy	Mauritius
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	2,000 km²772 mi²
Area with overseas territory	301,000 km²	2,010 km²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	1.3 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	195 per km²	628 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	2,040 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Port Louis
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	21°S to 20°S
Continent	Europe	Seven seas (open ocean)

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2017, 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 2,040 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,010 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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