Italy is 1.25× the size of Uganda

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Uganda about 242,000 km² (93,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
242,000km²Uganda

200 km

Italy
Uganda

What fits

Uganda is 80% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 59,300 km² (22,900 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Uganda.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Uganda about 7.89.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 47.1 million, 1.25× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 195 in Uganda: Italy is 1.00× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,030 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Uganda at 1°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Italy as 2.30× the size of Uganda instead of 1.25×.
Together Italy and Uganda cover 543,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 59,300 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
At Uganda's density, Italy would have 58.7 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Uganda would have 47.3 million (it has 47.1 million).
Italy's centre is 41.4° of latitude, about 4,610 km, farther north than Uganda's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.25×
More people	Italy	1.25×
More crowded	Italy	1.00×
Farther north	Italy	41.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Uganda
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	7.89×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.99×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.68×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.65×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.44×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
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	Uganda
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	242,000 km²93,400 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	47.1 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	195 per km²	195 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	241,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Kampala
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	1°S to 4°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021, 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 241,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 242,000 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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