Country size comparison

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Germany is about 1.2 times bigger than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 18% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (23.2 million more people live in Germany).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Germany uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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