Italy is 4.21× the size of Sierra Leone

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Sierra Leone about 71,600 km² (27,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
71,600km²Sierra Leone

200 km

Italy
Sierra Leone

What fits

Sierra Leone fits inside Italy about 4.21 times by area.
Italy is larger by 230,000 km² (88,600 mi²), which is 321% of the area of Sierra Leone.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Sierra Leone about 2.33.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 7.6 million, 7.79× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 106 in Sierra Leone: Italy is 1.85× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,460 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Sierra Leone at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 7.62× the size of Sierra Leone instead of 4.21×.
Together Italy and Sierra Leone cover 373,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 230,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
At Sierra Leone's density, Italy would have 31.8 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Sierra Leone would have 14.0 million (it has 7.6 million).
Italy's centre is 34.1° of latitude, about 3,800 km, farther north than Sierra Leone's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	4.21×
More people	Italy	7.79×
More crowded	Italy	1.85×
Farther north	Italy	34.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Sierra Leone
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	2.33×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.29×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.20×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.19×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.13×
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 237

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

Side by side

	Italy	Sierra Leone
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	71,600 km²27,600 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	7.6 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	195 per km²	106 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	71,700 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Freetown
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	7°N to 10°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

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 71,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,600 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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