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Alaska vs Italy Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Italy has 113,568 square miles (294,140 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 5.0 times (403%) larger than Italy's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Italy: 116,348 square miles (301,340 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 5.7 times (472%) larger than Italy's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Italy is 734 miles (1,181 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 1.6 times (64%) longer than Italy's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Italy spans 694 miles (1,117 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 2.2 times (122%) wider than Italy's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Italy's is Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) at 15,778 feet (4,809 m).
- Denali is 4,457 feet higher than Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc).
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Italy's is Jolanda di Savoia at -10 feet.
- Italy's lowest point is 10 feet lower.
Alaska vs Italy Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Italy has 58,943,673 (2026).
- Italy's population is 79.6 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Italy: 519.0.
- Italy's population density is 399.2 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Italy's is Rome with 2,748,109.
- Rome's population is 9.5 times (849%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Italy's Metropolitan City of Rome (4,223,885).
- Metropolitan City of Rome's population is 10.4 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Italy: Unified as the Kingdom of Italy on March 17, 1861; a republic since 1946.
- In its current form, Italy is the older of the two by 98 years.
Alaska vs Italy Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Italy's $2,551.6 billion.
- Italy's economic output is 35.6 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Italy: $43,309.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 2.2 times (123%) higher than Italy's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Italy: $42,080 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 1.8 times (81%) higher than Italy's.
Official Websites
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