Italy covers 302,068 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.2% of all land on Earth. It ranks 72nd of 237 countries worldwide and 10th in Europe. At 43° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.9×, drawing it closer to 559,581 km², a difference of roughly 85%.
For scale, Italy is roughly the same size as Philippines (300,000 km²).
You could fit 3 of Hungary inside Italy.
Italy: key figures
| True area | 302,068 km² |
| World rank | 72nd |
| Share of world land | 0.2% |
| Rank in Europe | 10th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.9× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 559,581 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)