Country size comparison

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Italy is about 2.9 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 193% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (56.8 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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