Italy is 1.53× the size of Senegal

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Senegal about 196,000 km² (75,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
196,000km²Senegal

200 km

Italy
Senegal

What fits

Senegal is 65% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 105,000 km² (40,500 mi²), which is 53% of the area of Senegal.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Senegal about 6.40.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 16.9 million, 3.49× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 86 in Senegal: Italy is 2.27× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,050 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Senegal at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Italy as 2.67× the size of Senegal instead of 1.53×.
Together Italy and Senegal cover 497,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 105,000 km², is about the size of Iceland (102,000 km²).
At Senegal's density, Italy would have 25.9 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Senegal would have 38.3 million (it has 16.9 million).
Italy's centre is 28.3° of latitude, about 3,150 km, farther north than Senegal's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.53×
More people	Italy	3.49×
More crowded	Italy	2.27×
Farther north	Italy	28.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Senegal
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	6.40×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.80×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.55×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.53×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.36×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.06×
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	Senegal
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	196,000 km²75,800 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	16.9 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	195 per km²	86 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	197,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Dakar
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	12°N to 17°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

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 197,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 196,000 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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