Italy is 8.12× the size of Netherlands

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Netherlands about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
37,100km²Netherlands

200 km

Italy
Netherlands

Outlines show main territory. Netherlands also has about 295 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

Netherlands fits inside Italy about 8.12 times by area.
Italy is larger by 264,000 km² (102,000 mi²), which is 712% of the area of Netherlands.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Netherlands about 1.21.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 17.9 million, 3.28× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 195 in Italy: Netherlands is 2.46× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,170 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Netherlands at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Italy as 5.63× the size of Netherlands instead of 8.12×.
Together Italy and Netherlands cover 338,000 km², close to the size of Finland (333,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 264,000 km², is about the size of Gabon (260,000 km²).
At Netherlands's density, Italy would have 144.5 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Netherlands would have 7.3 million (it has 17.9 million).
Netherlands's centre is 9.6° of latitude, about 1,060 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	8.12×
More people	Italy	3.28×
More crowded	Netherlands	2.46×
Farther north	Netherlands	9.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Netherlands	2.7× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Netherlands
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	1.21×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.15×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.10×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.10×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.07×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 228
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 255
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 458

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

Side by side

	Italy	Netherlands
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	37,100 km²14,300 mi²
Area with overseas territory	301,000 km²	37,400 km²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	17.9 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	195 per km²	480 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	37,400 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Amsterdam
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	51°N to 54°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 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to Italy

Similar in size to Netherlands

More comparisons

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

Full method