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District of Columbia vs Italy Geography
Land area
- District of Columbia has a land area of 61 square miles (158 km²), while Italy has 113,568 square miles (294,140 km²).
- Italy's land area is 1,861.6 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Total area
- District of Columbia: 68 square miles (177 km²) vs Italy: 116,348 square miles (301,340 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Italy's total area is 1,702.5 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Length
- District of Columbia is 13 miles (22 km) long from north to south; Italy is 734 miles (1,181 km).
- Italy's north-south length is 56.5 times longer than District of Columbia's.
Width
- District of Columbia spans 12 miles (19 km) east to west; Italy spans 694 miles (1,117 km).
- Italy's east-west width is 57.8 times wider than District of Columbia's.
Highest point
- District of Columbia's highest point is Fort Reno at 429 feet (131 m); Italy's is Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) at 15,778 feet (4,809 m).
- Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) is 15,349 feet higher than Fort Reno.
Lowest point
- District of Columbia's lowest point is Potomac River at 0 feet; Italy's is Jolanda di Savoia at -10 feet.
- Italy's lowest point is 10 feet lower.
District of Columbia vs Italy Population and History
Population
- District of Columbia has a population of 702,250 (2024), while Italy has 58,943,673 (2026).
- Italy's population is 83.9 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Population density
- District of Columbia: 11,493.5 people per square mile vs Italy: 519.0.
- District of Columbia's population density is 22.1 times higher than Italy's.
Biggest city
- District of Columbia's biggest city is Washington with 702,250 people; Italy's is Rome with 2,748,109.
- Rome's population is 3.9 times (291%) larger than Washington's.
Largest metro area
- District of Columbia's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Italy's Metropolitan City of Rome (4,223,885).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 1.5 times (52%) larger than Metropolitan City of Rome's.
History
- District of Columbia: The federal district, established by the Residence Act on July 16, 1790; not a state.
- Italy: Unified as the Kingdom of Italy on March 17, 1861; a republic since 1946.
- In its current form, District of Columbia is the older of the two by 71 years.
District of Columbia vs Italy Economy
GDP
- District of Columbia's GDP is $184.3 billion (2024) vs Italy's $2,551.6 billion.
- Italy's economic output is 13.8 times larger than District of Columbia's.
GDP per capita
- District of Columbia: $262,439 per person vs Italy: $43,309.
- District of Columbia's GDP per capita is 6.1 times (506%) higher than Italy's.
Average income
- District of Columbia: $111,185 vs Italy: $42,080 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- District of Columbia's average income is 2.6 times (164%) higher than Italy's.
Official Websites
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