Land area comparison · 2023 data
Spain vs Italy.
Two Mediterranean countries with familiar outlines and a less familiar size difference.
Spain499,697 km²
Italy295,720 km²
Spain has about 1.69 times the land area of Italy.
203,977 km²difference
Spain is 169% of Italyrelative size
2023World Bank data
What the numbers say
The peninsula is wider than the boot.
Spain has 499,697.4 km² of land area compared with Italy’s 295,720 km². Spain is about 1.69 times larger.
The difference is approximately 203,977 km². Italy’s long, narrow shape can make its total footprint difficult to judge beside Spain’s broader outline.
The comparison uses land area only and does not include inland water.