Country size comparison

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El Salvador is about 14 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 6.98% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (54.5 million fewer people live in El Salvador).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. El Salvador uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Make 4.7 times more money in Italy
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from El Salvador to Italy · OECD 2023
2,014 people moved from El Salvador to Italy.
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