Country size comparison

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Italy is about 2.1 times smaller than Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 47.26% the size of Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~19.7 million people (39.3 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Somalia vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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