Italy is 1.92× the size of Tunisia

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Tunisia about 157,000 km² (60,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
157,000km²Tunisia

200 km

Italy
Tunisia

What fits

Tunisia is 52% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 145,000 km² (55,800 mi²), which is 92% of the area of Tunisia.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Tunisia about 5.11.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 11.6 million, 5.09× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 74 in Tunisia: Italy is 2.65× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 985 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Tunisia at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Italy as 2.44× the size of Tunisia instead of 1.92×.
Together Italy and Tunisia cover 458,000 km², close to the size of Yemen (453,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 145,000 km², is about the size of Suriname (145,000 km²).
At Tunisia's density, Italy would have 22.2 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Tunisia would have 30.6 million (it has 11.6 million).
Italy's centre is 8.6° of latitude, about 960 km, farther north than Tunisia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.92×
More people	Italy	5.09×
More crowded	Italy	2.65×
Farther north	Italy	8.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Tunisia
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	5.11×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.64×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.44×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.42×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.29×
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	Tunisia
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	157,000 km²60,500 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	11.6 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	195 per km²	74 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	164,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Tunis
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	30°N to 37°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2018, 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 157,000 km² is 4.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 164,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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