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title: "Greenland vs Italy — area, population, currency"
description: "Greenland is 2,166,086 km² with 56,831 people; Italy is 301,340 km² with 58,915,656. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/greenland-vs-italy/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Greenland vs Italy

**Greenland vs Italy: Greenland is larger; Italy has more people**

2,166,086 km² vs 301,340 km² · 56,831 vs 58,915,656

Greenland is 7.2 times larger than Italy — 2,166,086 against 301,340 km². Italy is 1037 times more populous than Greenland — 58,915,656 against 56,831 people.

## Side by side

|  | Greenland | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Nuuk | Rome |
| Area | 2,166,086 km² | 301,340 km² |
| Population | 56,831 (2025) | 58,915,656 (2025) |
| Density | 0.0 /km² | 195.5 /km² |
| Currency | krone (DKK) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Greenlandic | Italian |
| Time zones | UTC-04:00, UTC-02:00, UTC+00:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +299 | +39 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | GL / GRL | IT / ITA |

## Population density

Italy is 7452 times more densely populated than Greenland — 196 against 0 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the krone and the Euro.
- Greenland spans 3 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## Greenland

The largest island in the world, and about eighty percent of it is under an ice sheet up to 3 km thick — enough water to raise global sea level roughly 7 m if it all melted. There are no roads between towns; travel is by boat, plane or snow. Its population of under 60,000 lives almost entirely on the ice-free coastal fringe.

## Italy

Italy has three of Europe's most active volcanoes — Etna, Stromboli and Vesuvius — and Stromboli has been erupting more or less continuously for at least 2,000 years. It has more UNESCO World Heritage sites than any other country. The Alps and Apennines mean about three-quarters of the land is mountain or hill.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Greenland bigger than Italy?

Greenland is larger — 2,166,086 km² against 301,340 km².

### Which has more people, Greenland or Italy?

Italy, with 58,915,656 against 56,831.

### What is the time difference between Greenland and Italy?

Greenland is UTC-04:00, UTC-02:00, UTC+00:00 and Italy is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]