Italy is 4.54× the size of Sri Lanka
Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Sri Lanka about 66,300 km² (25,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 301,000km²Italy
- 66,300km²Sri Lanka
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- Italy
- Sri Lanka
What fits
- Sri Lanka fits inside Italy about 4.54 times by area.
- Italy is larger by 235,000 km² (90,700 mi²), which is 354% of the area of Sri Lanka.
- Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Sri Lanka about 2.16.
How they differ
- Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 21.4 million, 2.74× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 323 in Sri Lanka against 195 in Italy: Sri Lanka is 1.66× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,680 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Sri Lanka at 8°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 8.27× the size of Sri Lanka instead of 4.54×.
- Together Italy and Sri Lanka cover 367,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 1.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 235,000 km², is about the size of Romania (236,000 km²).
- At Sri Lanka's density, Italy would have 97.4 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Sri Lanka would have 13.0 million (it has 21.4 million).
- Italy's centre is 35.1° of latitude, about 3,900 km, farther north than Sri Lanka's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Italy | 4.54× |
| More people | Italy | 2.74× |
| More crowded | Sri Lanka | 1.66× |
| Farther north | Italy | 35.1° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Italy | 1.9× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Italy | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 9.82× | 2.16× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.24× | 0.27× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.84× | 0.19× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.81× | 0.18× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.55× | 0.12× |
| 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 256 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Italy | Sri Lanka | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 301,000 km²116,000 mi² | 66,300 km²25,600 mi² |
| Population | 58.9 millionWikidata, 2023 | 21.4 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 323 per km² |
| Official area | 302,000 km²Wikidata | 65,600 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Rome | Colombo; Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 47°N | 6°N to 10°N |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
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 65,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 66,300 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