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US Virgin Islands vs Italy Geography
Land area
- US Virgin Islands has a land area of 134 square miles (346 km²), while Italy has 113,568 square miles (294,140 km²).
- Italy's land area is 850.1 times larger than US Virgin Islands'.
Total area
- US Virgin Islands: 737 square miles (1,910 km²) vs Italy: 116,348 square miles (301,340 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Italy's total area is 157.8 times larger than US Virgin Islands'.
Length
- US Virgin Islands is 47 miles (76 km) long from north to south; Italy is 734 miles (1,181 km).
- Italy's north-south length is 15.6 times longer than US Virgin Islands'.
Width
- US Virgin Islands spans 52 miles (83 km) east to west; Italy spans 694 miles (1,117 km).
- Italy's east-west width is 13.3 times wider than US Virgin Islands'.
Highest point
- US Virgin Islands's highest point is Crown Mountain at 1,555 feet (474 m); Italy's is Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) at 15,778 feet (4,809 m).
- Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) is 14,223 feet higher than Crown Mountain.
Lowest point
- US Virgin Islands's lowest point is Caribbean Sea at 0 feet; Italy's is Jolanda di Savoia at -10 feet.
- Italy's lowest point is 10 feet lower.
US Virgin Islands vs Italy Population and History
Population
- US Virgin Islands has a population of 87,146 (2020), while Italy has 58,943,673 (2026).
- Italy's population is 676.4 times larger than US Virgin Islands'.
Population density
- US Virgin Islands: 650.3 people per square mile vs Italy: 519.0.
- US Virgin Islands' population density is 1.3 times (25%) higher than Italy's.
History
- US Virgin Islands: A US territory since 1917, purchased from Denmark.
- 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 56 years.
Official Websites
US Virgin Islands official website · Italy official website
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