Italy is 8.32× the size of Taiwan

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Taiwan about 36,200 km² (14,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
36,200km²Taiwan

200 km

Italy
Taiwan

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

What fits

Taiwan fits inside Italy about 8.32 times by area.
Italy is larger by 265,000 km² (102,000 mi²), which is 732% of the area of Taiwan.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Taiwan about 1.18.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 23.3 million, 2.53× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 643 in Taiwan against 195 in Italy: Taiwan is 3.29× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,640 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Taiwan at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Italy as 12.9× the size of Taiwan instead of 8.32×.
Together Italy and Taiwan cover 337,000 km², close to the size of Finland (333,000 km², 1.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 265,000 km², is about the size of New Zealand (268,000 km²).
At Taiwan's density, Italy would have 193.6 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Taiwan would have 7.1 million (it has 23.3 million).
Italy's centre is 19.0° of latitude, about 2,110 km, farther north than Taiwan's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	8.32×
More people	Italy	2.53×
More crowded	Taiwan	3.29×
Farther north	Italy	19.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Taiwan
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	1.18×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.15×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.10×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.10×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.07×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 234
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 261
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 469

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

Side by side

	Italy	Taiwan
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	36,200 km²14,000 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	23.3 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	195 per km²	643 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	36,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Taipei
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	22°N to 25°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2026, 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 36,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 36,200 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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