Italy is 16.0× the size of New Caledonia
Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and New Caledonia about 18,800 km² (7,270 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 301,000km²Italy
- 18,800km²New Caledonia
200 km
- Italy
- New Caledonia
What fits
- New Caledonia fits inside Italy about 16.0 times by area.
- Italy is larger by 282,000 km² (109,000 mi²), which is 1,499% of the area of New Caledonia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, New Caledonia about 0.61.
How they differ
- Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 279,000, 211× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 15 in New Caledonia: Italy is 13.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and New Caledonia at 21°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Italy as 25.7× the size of New Caledonia instead of 16.0×.
- Together Italy and New Caledonia cover 320,000 km², close to the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 282,000 km², is about the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km²).
- At New Caledonia's density, Italy would have 4.5 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, New Caledonia would have 3.7 million (it has 279,000).
- Italy's centre is 64.0° of latitude, about 7,120 km, farther north than New Caledonia's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Italy | 16.0× |
| More people | Italy | 211× |
| More crowded | Italy | 13.2× |
| Farther north | Italy | 64.0° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Italy | 1.9× against 1.2× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Italy | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 9.82× | 0.61× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.24× | 0.08× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.84× | 0.05× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.81× | 0.05× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.55× | 0.03× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.10× | 0.01× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.04× | 1 in 450 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 1 in 501 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× | 1 in 901 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Italy | New Caledonia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² | 18,800 km²7,270 mi² |
| Population | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 | 279,000Wikidata, 2017 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 15 per km² |
| Official area | 302,000 km²Wikidata | 18,600 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Rome | Nouméa |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 47°N | 23°S to 20°S |
| Continent | Europe | Oceania |
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 18,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 18,800 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