--- title: "Italy vs Philippines — area, population, currency" description: "Italy is 301,340 km² with 58,915,656 people; Philippines is 300,000 km² with 116,786,962. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side." url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/italy-vs-philippines/ site: "At One Place" --- # Italy vs Philippines **Italy vs Philippines: Italy is larger; Philippines has more people** 301,340 km² vs 300,000 km² · 58,915,656 vs 116,786,962 Italy is slightly larger, by 0.4% — 301,340 against 300,000 km². Philippines is 2.0 times more populous than Italy — 116,786,962 against 58,915,656 people. ## Side by side | | Italy | Philippines | | --- | --- | --- | | Capital | Rome | Manila | | Area | 301,340 km² | 300,000 km² | | Population | 58,915,656 (2025) | 116,786,962 (2025) | | Density | 195.5 /km² | 389.3 /km² | | Currency | Euro (EUR) | Philippine peso (PHP) | | Official languages | Italian | English, Filipino | | Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+08:00 | | Calling code | +39 | +63 | | Drives on the | right | right | | Continent | Europe | Asia | | ISO codes | IT / ITA | PH / PHL | ## Population density Philippines is 2.0 times more densely populated than Italy — 389 against 196 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 Euro and the Philippine peso. - Different continents — Europe and Asia. ## 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. ## Philippines An archipelago of 7,641 islands, of which about 2,000 are inhabited. The Philippine Trench off the east coast reaches 10,540 m, one of the deepest points in any ocean. The country sits in the most typhoon-exposed part of the planet and takes around twenty named storms a year. > 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 Italy bigger than Philippines? Italy is larger — 301,340 km² against 300,000 km². ### Which has more people, Italy or Philippines? Philippines, with 116,786,962 against 58,915,656. ### What is the time difference between Italy and Philippines? Italy is UTC+01:00 and Philippines is UTC+08:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it. ## Related pages - [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/) - [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/) - [India vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-italy/) - [India vs Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-philippines/) - [China vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-italy/) - [China vs Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-philippines/) - [Japan vs Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-philippines/) - [Canada vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-italy/) - [Canada vs Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-philippines/) - [Australia vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-italy/) - [Australia vs Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-philippines/) - [New Zealand vs Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-philippines/) - [France vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-italy/) - [France vs Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-philippines/) ## 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]