Italy is 2.05× the size of Nepal

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Nepal about 147,000 km² (56,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
147,000km²Nepal

200 km

Italy
Nepal

What fits

Nepal fits inside Italy about 2.05 times by area.
Italy is larger by 154,000 km² (59,500 mi²), which is 105% of the area of Nepal.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Nepal about 4.80.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 29.2 million, 2.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 198 in Nepal against 195 in Italy: Nepal is 1.01× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,490 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Nepal at 28°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Italy as 2.94× the size of Nepal instead of 2.05×.
Together Italy and Nepal cover 448,000 km², close to the size of Uzbekistan (448,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 154,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
At Nepal's density, Italy would have 59.7 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Nepal would have 28.7 million (it has 29.2 million).
Italy's centre is 14.4° of latitude, about 1,610 km, farther north than Nepal's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	2.05×
More people	Italy	2.02×
More crowded	Nepal	1.01×
Farther north	Italy	14.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Nepal
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	4.80×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.60×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.41×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.39×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.27×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.05×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Italy	Nepal
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	147,000 km²56,800 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	29.2 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	195 per km²	198 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	147,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Kathmandu
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	26°N to 30°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021, 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 147,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 147,000 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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