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title: "Italy vs Spain — area, population, currency"
description: "Italy is 301,340 km² with 58,915,656 people; Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/italy-vs-spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Italy vs Spain

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

301,340 km² vs 505,370 km² · 58,915,656 vs 49,355,143

Spain is 1.7 times larger than Italy — 505,370 against 301,340 km². Italy is 1.2 times more populous than Spain — 58,915,656 against 49,355,143 people.

## Side by side

|  | Italy | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Rome | Madrid |
| Area | 301,340 km² | 505,370 km² |
| Population | 58,915,656 (2025) | 49,355,143 (2025) |
| Density | 195.5 /km² | 97.7 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Italian | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +39 | +34 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | IT / ITA | ES / ESP |

## Population density

Italy is 2.0 times more densely populated than Spain — 196 against 98 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

- Spain spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## 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.

## Spain

After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, with an average elevation around 650 m. The Canary Islands sit off Africa, which is why part of Spain is on a different time zone and why Teide, at 3,715 m, is the country's highest point. Spain has more olive trees than any other country, around 340 million.

> 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 Spain?

Spain is larger — 505,370 km² against 301,340 km².

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

Italy, with 58,915,656 against 49,355,143.

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

Italy is UTC+01:00 and Spain is UTC+00:00, 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]