Italy is 3.88× the size of Serbia
Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Serbia about 77,600 km² (30,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 301,000km²Italy
- 77,600km²Serbia
200 km
- Italy
- Serbia
What fits
- Serbia fits inside Italy about 3.88 times by area.
- Italy is larger by 224,000 km² (86,300 mi²), which is 288% of the area of Serbia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Serbia about 2.53.
How they differ
- Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 6.6 million, 8.91× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 85 in Serbia: Italy is 2.30× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 714 km apart.
- Together Italy and Serbia cover 379,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 224,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
- At Serbia's density, Italy would have 25.6 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Serbia would have 15.2 million (it has 6.6 million).
- Serbia's centre is 1.5° of latitude, about 170 km, farther north than Italy's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Italy | 3.88× |
| More people | Italy | 8.91× |
| More crowded | Italy | 2.30× |
| Farther north | Serbia | 1.5° of latitude |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Italy | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 9.82× | 2.53× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.24× | 0.32× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.84× | 0.22× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.81× | 0.21× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.55× | 0.14× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.10× | 0.02× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.04× | 0.01× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.01× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.02× | 1 in 219 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Italy | Serbia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² | 77,600 km²30,000 mi² |
| Population | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 | 6.6 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 85 per km² |
| Official area | 302,000 km²Wikidata | 88,500 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Rome | Belgrade |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 47°N | 42°N to 46°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%.
- Our measured 77,600 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 88,500 km². The official figure includes Kosovo, which Natural Earth draws as a separate place; together they measure 88,500 km².
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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