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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Italy fits inside Pakistan 2.6 times

Italy: 302,070 km² (2024) · Pakistan: 796,100 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Italy’s coastline is 7.3 times as long as Pakistan’s

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Pakistan’s highest peak towers 3,863 m above Italy’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 47% of Pakistan, versus 44% of Italy

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Pakistan: 47.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Pakistan has 4.3 times as many people as Italy

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Pakistan: 255 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Pakistan is 66% more densely populated than Italy

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Italy are 7.1 cm taller than in Pakistan

Italy: 174.4 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 167.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Italy are 7.0 cm taller than in Pakistan

Italy: 161.8 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 154.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Italy is 27 years older than in Pakistan

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Pakistan: 20.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Pakistan have 2.4 more children on average than in Italy

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Pakistan: 3.55 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 4.4% in Pakistan

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Pakistan: 4.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Pakistan hosts 39% more refugees per resident than Italy

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Pakistan 0.1

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Pakistan: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Pakistan has 2 official languages, Italy 1

Italy: 1 (2026) · Pakistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Italy’s economy is 6.3 times the size of Pakistan’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Pakistan: $407 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Italy produces 9.6 times as much per person as Pakistan

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Italy than in Pakistan (Gini 0.8 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Pakistan: 33.5 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

23% of people in Pakistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Italy

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Pakistan: 23% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 5.4% in Pakistan

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Pakistan: 5.4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Pakistan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, Italy 1.9%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Pakistan: 2.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Pakistan: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 2.8× Pakistan’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Pakistan: 24% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Italy spends 111 times as much on health per person as Pakistan

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Pakistan: $30 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Italy live 16 years longer than in Pakistan

Italy: 84 years (2024) · Pakistan: 67.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Pakistan is 21 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Italy has 3.6 times as many doctors per person as Pakistan

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Italy has 4.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Pakistan

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Pakistan is 60% higher than in Italy

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 9.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Pakistan are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Pakistan: 23.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 18% in Pakistan

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Pakistan: 17.9% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Italy rate their lives 1.71 points higher than in Pakistan

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.87 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Italy drink 97 times as much alcohol as in Pakistan

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Pakistan: 0.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Italy has 3.4 times as much meat per person as Pakistan

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Italy has 1,239 kcal more food per person per day than Pakistan

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Pakistan put in 770 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Italy went to school 6.5 years longer than in Pakistan

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Pakistan: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Italy has 56 more World Heritage sites than Pakistan (62 against 6)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Pakistan: 6 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Pakistan 11

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 11 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

89% of people in Italy are online, versus 57% in Pakistan

Italy: 89% (2024) · Pakistan: 57% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Italy is 12 times as fast as in Pakistan

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Italy have electricity, versus 96% in Pakistan

Italy: 100% (2024) · Pakistan: 95.7% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 40% in Pakistan

Italy: 70% (2025) · Pakistan: 40% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Pakistan 77

Italy: 133 (2024) · Pakistan: 77 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Italy’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Pakistan’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Italy fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Pakistan

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Pakistan: 0.03 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 4.1% of Pakistan

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Pakistan: 4.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Italy emits 7.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Pakistan

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 43% in Pakistan

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Pakistan: 42.7% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Pakistan carries 3.5 times as much fine dust as in Italy

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Pakistan: 53.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 7.6 times as likely to be murdered in Pakistan as in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Pakistan are 2 times as deadly as in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Pakistan is on average 7.1 °C warmer than Italy

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Italy gets 2.5 times as much rain as Pakistan

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 416 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Italy bigger than Pakistan?

Pakistan is larger. Italy fits inside Pakistan 2.6 times.

Which has more people, Italy or Pakistan?

Pakistan has 4.3 times as many people as Italy (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Italy or Pakistan?

People in Italy live 16 years longer than in Pakistan. Life expectancy at birth is 84.0 years in Italy and 67.8 in Pakistan.

Are people taller in Italy or Pakistan?

Men in Italy are 7.1 cm taller than in Pakistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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