Country size comparison

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Italy is about 2.9 times bigger than Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 193% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (60.7 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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