Country size comparison

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Italy is about 4.6 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 359% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (37.9 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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