Italy is 9.07× the size of Moldova

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Moldova about 33,200 km² (12,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
33,200km²Moldova

200 km

Italy
Moldova

What fits

Moldova fits inside Italy about 9.07 times by area.
Italy is larger by 268,000 km² (103,000 mi²), which is 807% of the area of Moldova.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Moldova about 1.08.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 2.4 million, 24.4× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 73 in Moldova: Italy is 2.69× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,370 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Moldova at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Italy as 7.76× the size of Moldova instead of 9.07×.
Together Italy and Moldova cover 334,000 km², close to the size of Finland (333,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 268,000 km², is about the size of New Zealand (268,000 km²).
At Moldova's density, Italy would have 21.9 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Moldova would have 6.5 million (it has 2.4 million).
Moldova's centre is 4.5° of latitude, about 500 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	9.07×
More people	Italy	24.4×
More crowded	Italy	2.69×
Farther north	Moldova	4.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Moldova	2.2× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Moldova
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	1.08×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.14×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.09×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.09×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.06×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 255
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 285
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 511

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

Side by side

	Italy	Moldova
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	33,200 km²12,800 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	195 per km²	73 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	33,800 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Chișinău
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	45°N to 48°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2024, 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 33,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 33,200 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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