Country size comparison

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Italy is about 10 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 893% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (58.9 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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