Country size comparison

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New York is about 2.5 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 40.58% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (41.7 million fewer people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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