Vietnam is 1.09× the size of Italy

Vietnam covers about 329,000 km² (127,000 mi²) and Italy about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

329,000km²Vietnam
301,000km²Italy

200 km

Vietnam
Italy

What fits

Italy is 92% of the size of Vietnam.
Vietnam is larger by 27,700 km² (10,700 mi²), which is 9.2% of the area of Italy.
Measured in Belgiums: Vietnam is about 10.7, Italy about 9.82.

How they differ

Vietnam also has the larger population: 96.2 million against 58.9 million, 1.63× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 293 in Vietnam against 195 in Italy: Vietnam is 1.50× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,100 km apart.
On a standard web map Italy looks larger than Vietnam: Vietnam at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Italy at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Italy as 1.56× the size of Vietnam, when Vietnam is 1.09× the size of Italy.
Together Vietnam and Italy cover 630,000 km², close to the size of South Sudan (627,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 27,700 km², is about the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km²).
At Italy's density, Vietnam would have 64.3 million people (it has 96.2 million). At Vietnam's density, Italy would have 88.1 million (it has 58.9 million).
Italy's centre is 26.2° of latitude, about 2,910 km, farther north than Vietnam's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Vietnam	1.09×
More people	Vietnam	1.63×
More crowded	Vietnam	1.50×
Farther north	Italy	26.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Vietnam	Italy
Belgium 30,700 km²	10.7×	9.82×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.35×	1.24×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.92×	0.84×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.88×	0.81×
France 548,000 km²	0.60×	0.55×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	0.10×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

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

Side by side

	Vietnam	Italy
Area, main territory	329,000 km²127,000 mi²	301,000 km²116,000 mi²
Population	96.2 millionWikidata, 2019	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	293 per km²	195 per km²
Official area	332,000 km²Wikidata	302,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Hanoi	Rome
Latitude range	9°N to 23°N	35°N to 47°N
Continent	Asia	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 332,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 329,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to Vietnam

Similar in size to Italy

More comparisons

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

Full method