Country size comparison

compared to

West Virginia is about 4.8 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 20.69% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (59.2 million fewer people live in West Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. West Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Share
Compare further: West Virginia vs. Italy
Flip Comparison · See true size
See West Virginia on top of Italy
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 5 statistics
Be 73.2% more likely to be unemployed in Italy
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Italy is 6.3% more expensive than West Virginia
→
City Size Comparison · See true size
Compare the size of New York City vs Milan
→