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Italy vs Scotland Geography
Land area
- Italy has a land area of 113,568 square miles (294,140 km²), while Scotland has 30,090 square miles (77,933 km²).
- Italy's land area is 3.8 times (277%) larger than Scotland's.
Total area
- Italy: 116,348 square miles (301,340 km²) vs Scotland: 30,090 square miles (77,933 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Italy's total area is 3.9 times (287%) larger than Scotland's.
Length
- Italy is 734 miles (1,181 km) long from north to south; Scotland is 440 miles (708 km).
- Italy's north-south length is 1.7 times (67%) longer than Scotland's.
Width
- Italy spans 694 miles (1,117 km) east to west; Scotland spans 313 miles (504 km).
- Italy's east-west width is 2.2 times (122%) wider than Scotland's.
Highest point
- Italy's highest point is Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) at 15,778 feet (4,809 m); Scotland's is Ben Nevis at 4,413 feet (1,345 m).
- Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) is 11,365 feet higher than Ben Nevis.
Lowest point
- Italy's lowest point is Jolanda di Savoia at -10 feet; Scotland's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Italy's lowest point is 10 feet lower.
Italy vs Scotland Population and History
Population
- Italy has a population of 58,943,673 (2026), while Scotland has 5,480,000 (2022).
- Italy's population is 10.8 times larger than Scotland's.
Population density
- Italy: 519.0 people per square mile vs Scotland: 182.1.
- Italy's population density is 2.9 times (185%) higher than Scotland's.
Biggest city
- Italy's biggest city is Rome with 2,748,109 people; Scotland's is Glasgow with 632,350.
- Rome's population is 4.3 times (335%) larger than Glasgow's.
History
- Italy: Unified as the Kingdom of Italy on March 17, 1861; a republic since 1946.
- Scotland: A country within the United Kingdom; a kingdom from the 9th century until the 1707 union with England.
- In its current form, Scotland is the older of the two by 1,018 years.
Italy vs Scotland Economy
GDP
- Italy's GDP is $2,551.6 billion (2025) vs Scotland's $191.7 billion.
- Italy's economic output is 13.3 times larger than Scotland's.
GDP per capita
- Italy: $43,309 per person vs Scotland: $34,973.
- Italy's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Scotland's.
Official Websites
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