Country size comparison
compared to
United Kingdom is about 1.2 times smaller than Italy.
Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 80.84% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (6.7 million more people live in United Kingdom).
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