Country size comparison

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Italy is about 2.5 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 146% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (41.7 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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