Italy is 1.03× the size of Philippines

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Philippines about 293,000 km² (113,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
293,000km²Philippines

200 km

Italy
Philippines

What fits

Philippines is 97% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 7,890 km² (3,050 mi²), which is 2.7% of the area of Philippines.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Philippines about 9.56.

How they differ

Italy is larger, but Philippines has the larger population: 112.7 million against 58.9 million, 1.92× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 384 in Philippines against 195 in Italy: Philippines is 1.97× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Philippines at 12°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 1.82× the size of Philippines instead of 1.03×.
Together Italy and Philippines cover 594,000 km², close to the size of Madagascar (593,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,890 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Philippines's density, Italy would have 115.8 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Philippines would have 57.3 million (it has 112.7 million).
Italy's centre is 31.0° of latitude, about 3,450 km, farther north than Philippines's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.03×
More people	Philippines	1.92×
More crowded	Philippines	1.97×
Farther north	Italy	31.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Philippines
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	9.56×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	1.20×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.82×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.79×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.54×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.09×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

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

Side by side

	Italy	Philippines
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	293,000 km²113,000 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	112.7 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	195 per km²	384 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	343,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Manila
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	5°N to 21°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

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%.
Our measured 293,000 km² is 15% below Wikidata's official figure of 343,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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