Italy is 11.1× the size of Solomon Islands

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Solomon Islands about 27,200 km² (10,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
27,200km²Solomon Islands

200 km

Italy
Solomon Islands

What fits

Solomon Islands fits inside Italy about 11.1 times by area.
Italy is larger by 274,000 km² (106,000 mi²), which is 1,007% of the area of Solomon Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Solomon Islands about 0.89.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 611,000, 96.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 22 in Solomon Islands: Italy is 8.69× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Solomon Islands at 9°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 20.0× the size of Solomon Islands instead of 11.1×.
Together Italy and Solomon Islands cover 328,000 km², close to the size of Malaysia (328,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 274,000 km², is about the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km²).
At Solomon Islands's density, Italy would have 6.8 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Solomon Islands would have 5.3 million (it has 611,000).
Italy's centre is 51.6° of latitude, about 5,740 km, farther north than Solomon Islands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	11.1×
More people	Italy	96.3×
More crowded	Italy	8.69×
Farther north	Italy	51.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Solomon Islands
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.89×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.11×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.08×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.07×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 312
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 347
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 624

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

Side by side

	Italy	Solomon Islands
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	27,200 km²10,500 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	611,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	195 per km²	22 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	28,400 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Honiara
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	12°S to 7°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

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%.
Our measured 27,200 km² is 4.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 28,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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