Baden-Württemberg is 1.40× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Baden-Württemberg (state of Germany) covers about 36,100 km² (13,900 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.

36,100km²Baden-Württemberg
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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Baden-Württemberg
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 72% of the size of Baden-Württemberg.
Baden-Württemberg is larger by 10,300 km² (3,960 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Baden-Württemberg is about 1.18, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Baden-Württemberg also has the larger population: 11.1 million against 5.0 million, 2.23× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 307 in Baden-Württemberg against 193 in Sicily (Italy): Baden-Württemberg is 1.60× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,290 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Baden-Württemberg at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Baden-Württemberg as 2.00× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.40×.
Together Baden-Württemberg and Sicily (Italy) cover 62,000 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 4.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 10,300 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Baden-Württemberg would have 7.0 million people (it has 11.1 million). At Baden-Württemberg's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 8.0 million (it has 5.0 million).
Baden-Württemberg's centre is 10.9° of latitude, about 1,220 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Baden-Württemberg is the 3rd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 10% of its area; it is the 6th 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.
Baden-Württemberg lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,220 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Baden-Württemberg would have about 3,250 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Baden-Württemberg and Sicily (Italy) would cover 62,000 km², 96% of the size of Latvia.
Together they have 16.1 million people, 95% as many people as Senegal.

Side by side

	Baden-Württemberg	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	StateGermany	RegionItaly
Area, measured	36,100 km²13,900 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	35,800 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	3rd of 16in Germany	1st of 20in Italy
Population	11.1 millionWikidata, 2022	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	3rd of 16in Germany	4th of 20in Italy
Density	307 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Stuttgart	Palermo
Latitude range	48°N to 50°N	35°N to 39°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 35,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 36,100 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

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