Italy is 7.27× the size of Switzerland

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Switzerland about 41,400 km² (16,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
41,400km²Switzerland

200 km

Italy
Switzerland

What fits

Switzerland fits inside Italy about 7.27 times by area.
Italy is larger by 260,000 km² (100,000 mi²), which is 627% of the area of Switzerland.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Switzerland about 1.35.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 9.1 million, 6.46× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 220 in Switzerland against 195 in Italy: Switzerland is 1.12× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 554 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Switzerland at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Italy as 6.31× the size of Switzerland instead of 7.27×.
Together Italy and Switzerland cover 343,000 km², close to the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 260,000 km², is about the size of Gabon (260,000 km²).
At Switzerland's density, Italy would have 66.2 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Switzerland would have 8.1 million (it has 9.1 million).
Switzerland's centre is 4.1° of latitude, about 460 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	7.27×
More people	Italy	6.46×
More crowded	Switzerland	1.12×
Farther north	Switzerland	4.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Switzerland	2.1× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Switzerland
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	1.35×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.17×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.12×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.11×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.08×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 204
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 228
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 410

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

Side by side

	Italy	Switzerland
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	41,400 km²16,000 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	9.1 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	195 per km²	220 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	41,300 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Bern
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	46°N to 48°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2025, 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 41,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 41,400 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

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