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Alberta vs Italy Geography
Land area
- Alberta has a land area of 248,000 square miles (642,317 km²), while Italy has 113,568 square miles (294,140 km²).
- Alberta's land area is 2.2 times (118%) larger than Italy's.
Total area
- Alberta: 255,541 square miles (661,848 km²) vs Italy: 116,348 square miles (301,340 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alberta's total area is 2.2 times (120%) larger than Italy's.
Length
- Alberta is 810 miles (1,303 km) long from north to south; Italy is 734 miles (1,181 km).
- Alberta's north-south length is 1.1 times (10%) longer than Italy's.
Width
- Alberta spans 544 miles (876 km) east to west; Italy spans 694 miles (1,117 km).
- Italy's east-west width is 1.3 times (28%) wider than Alberta's.
Highest point
- Alberta's highest point is Mount Columbia at 12,293 feet (3,747 m); Italy's is Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) at 15,778 feet (4,809 m).
- Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) is 3,485 feet higher than Mount Columbia.
Lowest point
- Alberta's lowest point is Slave River at 499 feet; Italy's is Jolanda di Savoia at -10 feet.
- Italy's lowest point is 509 feet lower.
Alberta vs Italy Population and History
Population
- Alberta has a population of 5,048,151 (2026), while Italy has 58,943,673 (2026).
- Italy's population is 11.7 times larger than Alberta's.
Population density
- Alberta: 20.4 people per square mile vs Italy: 519.0.
- Italy's population density is 25.4 times higher than Alberta's.
Biggest city
- Alberta's biggest city is Calgary with 1,306,784 people; Italy's is Rome with 2,748,109.
- Rome's population is 2.1 times (110%) larger than Calgary's.
Largest metro area
- Alberta's largest metropolitan area is Calgary CMA (1,481,806 people) vs Italy's Metropolitan City of Rome (4,223,885).
- Metropolitan City of Rome's population is 2.9 times (185%) larger than Calgary CMA's.
History
- Alberta: Joined Confederation on September 1, 1905.
- 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 44 years.
Alberta vs Italy Economy
GDP
- Alberta's GDP is $346.0 billion (2024) vs Italy's $2,551.6 billion.
- Italy's economic output is 7.4 times (637%) larger than Alberta's.
GDP per capita
- Alberta: $70,487 per person vs Italy: $43,309.
- Alberta's GDP per capita is 1.6 times (63%) higher than Italy's.
Official Websites
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