Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 1.8 times bigger than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 75% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~58.9 million people (17.1 million fewer people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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