Alabama is 5.17× the size of Sicily (Italy)
Alabama (state of the United States) covers about 134,000 km² (51,700 mi²) and Sicily (Italy) (region of Italy) about 25,900 km² (9,990 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 134,000km²Alabama
- 25,900km²Sicily (Italy)
100 km
- Alabama
- Sicily (Italy)
What fits
- Sicily (Italy) fits inside Alabama about 5.17 times by area.
- Alabama is larger by 108,000 km² (41,700 mi²), which is 417% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
- Measured in Belgiums: Alabama is about 4.36, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.
How they differ
- Alabama also has the larger population: 5.0 million against 5.0 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 38 in Alabama: Sicily (Italy) is 5.13× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,700 km apart.
- Together Alabama and Sicily (Italy) cover 160,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 108,000 km², is about the size of Guatemala (109,000 km²).
- At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Alabama would have 25.8 million people (it has 5.0 million). At Alabama's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 971,000 (it has 5.0 million).
- Sicily (Italy)'s centre is 4.8° of latitude, about 540 km, farther north than Alabama's.
- Alabama is the 29th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
- Sicily (Italy) is the largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 8.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Sicily (Italy) lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 535 km) north of Alabama.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Alabama would have about 26,640 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
- Laid side by side, Alabama and Sicily (Italy) would cover 160,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 10.0 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.
Side by side
| Alabama | Sicily (Italy) | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 134,000 km²51,700 mi² | 25,900 km²9,990 mi² |
| Official area | 136,000 km²Wikidata | 25,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 29th of 51in the United States | 1st of 20in Italy |
| Population | 5.0 millionWikidata, 2020 | 5.0 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 24th of 51in the United States | 4th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 38 per km² | 193 per km² |
| Capital | Montgomery | Palermo |
| Latitude range | 30°N to 35°N | 35°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 136,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 134,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 25,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,900 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Sicily (Italy) is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12