Italy is 1.27× the size of Romania

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Romania about 236,000 km² (91,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
236,000km²Romania

200 km

Italy
Romania

What fits

Romania is 78% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 64,800 km² (25,000 mi²), which is 27% of the area of Romania.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Romania about 7.71.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 19.1 million, 3.09× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 81 in Romania: Italy is 2.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,070 km apart.
Together Italy and Romania cover 538,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 1.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 64,800 km², is about the size of Lithuania (64,900 km²).
At Romania's density, Italy would have 24.3 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Romania would have 46.2 million (it has 19.1 million).
Romania's centre is 3.1° of latitude, about 350 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.27×
More people	Italy	3.09×
More crowded	Italy	2.42×
Farther north	Romania	3.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Romania	2.1× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Romania
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	7.71×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.97×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.66×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.63×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.43×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.08×
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×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Italy	Romania
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	236,000 km²91,300 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	19.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	195 per km²	81 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	238,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Bucharest
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	44°N to 48°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022, 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 238,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 236,000 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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