Italy is 24.5× the size of Vanuatu

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Vanuatu about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
12,300km²Vanuatu

200 km

Italy
Vanuatu

What fits

Vanuatu fits inside Italy about 24.5 times by area.
Italy is larger by 289,000 km² (112,000 mi²), which is 2,349% of the area of Vanuatu.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Vanuatu about 0.40.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 300,000, 196× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 24 in Vanuatu: Italy is 8.01× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Vanuatu at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Italy as 41.8× the size of Vanuatu instead of 24.5×.
Together Italy and Vanuatu cover 313,000 km², close to the size of Poland (313,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 289,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At Vanuatu's density, Italy would have 7.3 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Vanuatu would have 2.4 million (it has 300,000).
Italy's centre is 58.9° of latitude, about 6,550 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	24.5×
More people	Italy	196×
More crowded	Italy	8.01×
Farther north	Italy	58.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Vanuatu
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.40×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.05×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.03×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	1 in 256
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 689
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 768
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 1,381

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

Side by side

	Italy	Vanuatu
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	12,300 km²4,750 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	300,000Wikidata, 2020
Density	195 per km²	24 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	12,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Port Vila
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	20°S to 13°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 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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