Italy is 1.24× the size of United Kingdom

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and United Kingdom about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
244,000km²United Kingdom

200 km

Italy
United Kingdom

What fits

United Kingdom is 81% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 57,400 km² (22,200 mi²), which is 24% of the area of United Kingdom.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, United Kingdom about 7.95.

How they differ

Italy is larger, but United Kingdom has the larger population: 67.3 million against 58.9 million, 1.14× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 195 in Italy: United Kingdom is 1.41× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,670 km apart.
On a standard web map United Kingdom looks larger than Italy: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and United Kingdom at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 1.27× the size of Italy, when Italy is 1.24× the size of United Kingdom.
Together Italy and United Kingdom cover 545,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 57,400 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
At United Kingdom's density, Italy would have 83.2 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, United Kingdom would have 47.6 million (it has 67.3 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 11.3° of latitude, about 1,260 km, farther north than Italy's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.24×
More people	United Kingdom	1.14×
More crowded	United Kingdom	1.41×
Farther north	United Kingdom	11.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	United Kingdom
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	7.95×
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	United Kingdom
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	244,000 km²94,100 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	195 per km²	276 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	242,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	London
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	50°N to 61°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

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 242,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 244,000 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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