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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan is 49% bigger than Italy

Italy: 302,070 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Italy’s highest peak towers 105 m above Uzbekistan’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 44% of Italy

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Italy has 59% more people than Uzbekistan

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Italy is 2.4 times as densely populated as Uzbekistan

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Italy are 3.5 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Italy: 174.4 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Italy are 1.5 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Italy: 161.8 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Italy is 21 years older than in Uzbekistan

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 2.3 more children on average than in Italy

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 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 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Italy hosts 24,266 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 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, Uzbekistan none

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Italy 1

Italy: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 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 17 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Italy produces 4.6 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Italy than in Uzbekistan (Gini 1.6 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Italy

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Italy 1.9%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Uzbekistan’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Italy spends 18 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Italy live 11 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Italy: 84 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 5.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Italy has 49% more doctors per person than Uzbekistan

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 60% more hospital beds per person than Italy

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 37% higher than in Italy

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Italy rate their lives 0.29 points higher than in Uzbekistan

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Italy drink 4 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Italy has 50% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Italy has 455 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 397 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 1.1 years longer than in Italy

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Italy welcomed 4.5 times as many tourists per resident as Uzbekistan (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Italy has 54 more World Heritage sites than Uzbekistan (62 against 8)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

Uzbekistan and Italy are practically level

Italy: 89% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Italy is 27% faster than in Uzbekistan

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Italy and Uzbekistan are practically level

Italy: 100% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Italy: 70% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Italy: 133 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Italy’s railway network is 3.7 times as long as Uzbekistan’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Italy fly 2.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Italy emits 33% more CO₂ than someone in Uzbekistan

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Italy

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2.5 times as likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan as in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uzbekistan are 53% deadlier than in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uzbekistan is on average 0.5 °C warmer than Italy

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Italy gets 4.7 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan is larger. Uzbekistan is 49% bigger than Italy.

Which has more people, Italy or Uzbekistan?

Italy has 59% more people than Uzbekistan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Italy or Uzbekistan?

People in Italy live 11 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 84.0 years in Italy and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Italy or Uzbekistan?

Men in Italy are 3.5 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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