Country size comparison
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Italy is about 7 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 14.02% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~37.0 million people (21.9 million more people live in Italy).
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