Italy is 1.80× the size of Somaliland

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Somaliland about 167,000 km² (64,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
167,000km²Somaliland

200 km

Italy
Somaliland

The boundary or political status of Somaliland is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Somaliland is 56% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 134,000 km² (51,700 mi²), which is 80% of the area of Somaliland.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Somaliland about 5.46.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 6.5 million, 9.05× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 39 in Somaliland: Italy is 5.03× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,930 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Somaliland at 10°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 3.24× the size of Somaliland instead of 1.80×.
Together Italy and Somaliland cover 469,000 km², close to the size of Turkmenistan (471,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 134,000 km², is about the size of Greece (131,000 km²).
At Somaliland's density, Italy would have 11.7 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Somaliland would have 32.7 million (it has 6.5 million).
Italy's centre is 33.0° of latitude, about 3,670 km, farther north than Somaliland's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.80×
More people	Italy	9.05×
More crowded	Italy	5.03×
Farther north	Italy	33.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Somaliland
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	5.46×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.69×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.47×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.45×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.31×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.05×
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	Somaliland
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	167,000 km²64,600 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	6.5 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	195 per km²	39 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	177,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Hargeisa
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	8°N to 11°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

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 167,000 km² is 5.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 177,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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