Italy is 4.24× the size of United Arab Emirates

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and United Arab Emirates about 71,100 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
71,100km²United Arab Emirates

200 km

Italy
United Arab Emirates

What fits

United Arab Emirates fits inside Italy about 4.24 times by area.
Italy is larger by 230,000 km² (88,800 mi²), which is 324% of the area of United Arab Emirates.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, United Arab Emirates about 2.32.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 9.9 million, 5.95× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 139 in United Arab Emirates: Italy is 1.40× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,370 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and United Arab Emirates at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Italy as 6.56× the size of United Arab Emirates instead of 4.24×.
Together Italy and United Arab Emirates cover 372,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 230,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
At United Arab Emirates's density, Italy would have 41.9 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, United Arab Emirates would have 13.9 million (it has 9.9 million).
Italy's centre is 18.8° of latitude, about 2,090 km, farther north than United Arab Emirates's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	4.24×
More people	Italy	5.95×
More crowded	Italy	1.40×
Farther north	Italy	18.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	United Arab Emirates
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	2.32×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.29×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.20×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.19×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.13×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 239

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

Side by side

	Italy	United Arab Emirates
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	71,100 km²27,400 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	9.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	195 per km²	139 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	83,600 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Abu Dhabi
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	23°N to 26°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020, 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 71,100 km² is 15% below Wikidata's official figure of 83,600 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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