Italy is 1.70× the size of Uruguay

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Uruguay about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
177,000km²Uruguay

200 km

Italy
Uruguay

What fits

Uruguay is 59% of the size of Italy.
Italy is larger by 124,000 km² (47,800 mi²), which is 70% of the area of Uruguay.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Uruguay about 5.78.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 3.4 million, 17.1× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 19 in Uruguay: Italy is 10.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Uruguay at 33°S about 1.4×, so the map shows Italy as 2.22× the size of Uruguay instead of 1.70×.
Together Italy and Uruguay cover 479,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 124,000 km², is about the size of Eritrea (123,000 km²).
At Uruguay's density, Italy would have 5.8 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Uruguay would have 34.7 million (it has 3.4 million).
Italy's centre is 75.5° of latitude, about 8,400 km, farther north than Uruguay's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	1.70×
More people	Italy	17.1×
More crowded	Italy	10.1×
Farther north	Italy	75.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.4×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Uruguay
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	5.78×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.73×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.50×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.47×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.32×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.06×
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	Uruguay
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	177,000 km²68,500 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	3.4 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	195 per km²	19 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	176,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Montevideo
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	35°S to 30°S
Continent	Europe	South America

Population: Wikidata 2023, 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 176,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 177,000 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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