Italy is 76.8× the size of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands about 3,920 km² (1,510 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
3,920km²South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

200 km

Italy
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

What fits

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands fits inside Italy about 76.8 times by area.
Italy is larger by 297,000 km² (115,000 mi²), which is 7,580% of the area of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands about 0.13.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 40, 1,681,449× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 0.0 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Italy is 21,893× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands at 55°S about 3.0×, so the map shows Italy as 47.6× the size of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands instead of 76.8×.
Together Italy and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands cover 305,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 2.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 297,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands's density, Italy would have 2,690 people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands would have 766,000 (it has 40).
Italy's centre is 97.4° of latitude, about 10,830 km, farther north than South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	76.8×
More people	Italy	1,681,449×
More crowded	Italy	21,893×
Farther north	Italy	97.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	3.0× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.13×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.02×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.01×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.01×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.01×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	1 in 803
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 2,161
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 2,409
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 4,330

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

Side by side

	Italy	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	3,920 km²1,510 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	40Wikidata, 2019
Density	195 per km²	0.0 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	4,070 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Grytviken; King Edward Point
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	59°S to 54°S
Continent	Europe	Seven seas (open ocean)

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2019, 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 3,920 km² is 3.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,070 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

Similar in size to Italy

Similar in size to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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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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