United Kingdom vs Italy: which is bigger?
Italy is bigger: 302,068 km² against 242,495 km², about 1.25 times the size of the United Kingdom.
Drop the United Kingdom onto Italy →Side by side at true size
Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.
And on the usual world map
On the usual world map it's the other way round: the United Kingdom looks 1.26 times bigger than Italy, because the map inflates the United Kingdom about 2.9 times and Italy only 1.86 times.
In numbers
- United Kingdom: 242,495 km² (93,600 sq mi), 79th largest, around 54°N
- Italy: 302,068 km² (117,000 sq mi), 73rd largest, around 43°N
- The United Kingdom would fit into Italy about 1.25 times.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works