Country size comparison

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Australia is about 26 times bigger than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 2,469% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~58.9 million people (31.3 million fewer people live in Australia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Australia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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