Italy is 2.08× the size of Suriname

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Suriname about 145,000 km² (56,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
145,000km²Suriname

200 km

Italy
Suriname

What fits

Suriname fits inside Italy about 2.08 times by area.
Italy is larger by 156,000 km² (60,300 mi²), which is 108% of the area of Suriname.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Suriname about 4.73.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 563,000, 104× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 3.9 in Suriname: Italy is 50.3× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,920 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Suriname at 4°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 3.82× the size of Suriname instead of 2.08×.
Together Italy and Suriname cover 446,000 km², close to the size of Sweden (446,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 156,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
At Suriname's density, Italy would have 1.2 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Suriname would have 28.4 million (it has 563,000).
Italy's centre is 38.6° of latitude, about 4,290 km, farther north than Suriname's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	2.08×
More people	Italy	104×
More crowded	Italy	50.3×
Farther north	Italy	38.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Suriname
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	4.73×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.60×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.41×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.39×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.26×
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	Suriname
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	145,000 km²56,000 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	563,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	195 per km²	3.9 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	163,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Paramaribo
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	2°N to 6°N
Continent	Europe	South America

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 145,000 km² is 11% below Wikidata's official figure of 163,000 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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