Country size comparison

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Italy is about 1.3 times bigger than Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 26% larger than Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (42.6 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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