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Kentucky vs Italy Geography
Land area
- Kentucky has a land area of 39,485 square miles (102,267 km²), while Italy has 113,568 square miles (294,140 km²).
- Italy's land area is 2.9 times (188%) larger than Kentucky's.
Total area
- Kentucky: 40,406 square miles (104,651 km²) vs Italy: 116,348 square miles (301,340 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Italy's total area is 2.9 times (188%) larger than Kentucky's.
Length
- Kentucky is 257 miles (414 km) long from north to south; Italy is 734 miles (1,181 km).
- Italy's north-south length is 2.9 times (186%) longer than Kentucky's.
Width
- Kentucky spans 418 miles (672 km) east to west; Italy spans 694 miles (1,117 km).
- Italy's east-west width is 1.7 times (66%) wider than Kentucky's.
Highest point
- Kentucky's highest point is Black Mountain at 4,134 feet (1,260 m); Italy's is Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) at 15,778 feet (4,809 m).
- Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) is 11,644 feet higher than Black Mountain.
Lowest point
- Kentucky's lowest point is Mississippi River at 270 feet; Italy's is Jolanda di Savoia at -10 feet.
- Italy's lowest point is 280 feet lower.
Kentucky vs Italy Population and History
Population
- Kentucky has a population of 4,588,372 (2024), while Italy has 58,943,673 (2026).
- Italy's population is 12.8 times larger than Kentucky's.
Population density
- Kentucky: 116.2 people per square mile vs Italy: 519.0.
- Italy's population density is 4.5 times (347%) higher than Kentucky's.
Biggest city
- Kentucky's biggest city is Louisville with 640,796 people; Italy's is Rome with 2,748,109.
- Rome's population is 4.3 times (329%) larger than Louisville's.
Largest metro area
- Kentucky's largest metropolitan area is Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815 people) vs Italy's Metropolitan City of Rome (4,223,885).
- Metropolitan City of Rome's population is 1.8 times (83%) larger than Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's.
History
- Kentucky: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1792, as the 15th state.
- Italy: Unified as the Kingdom of Italy on March 17, 1861; a republic since 1946.
- In its current form, Kentucky is the older of the two by 69 years.
Kentucky vs Italy Economy
GDP
- Kentucky's GDP is $295.4 billion (2024) vs Italy's $2,551.6 billion.
- Italy's economic output is 8.6 times (764%) larger than Kentucky's.
GDP per capita
- Kentucky: $64,375 per person vs Italy: $43,309.
- Kentucky's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (49%) higher than Italy's.
Average income
- Kentucky: $58,256 vs Italy: $42,080 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Kentucky's average income is 1.4 times (38%) higher than Italy's.
Official Websites
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