Belgium is 1.19× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 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.

30,700km²Belgium
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

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What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 84% of the size of Belgium.
Belgium is larger by 4,800 km² (1,850 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Sicily (Italy) about 0.62.

How they differ

Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 5.0 million, 2.37× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 193 in Sicily (Italy): Belgium is 2.00× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,630 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Belgium as 1.85× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.19×.
Together Belgium and Sicily (Italy) cover 56,500 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 0.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,800 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Belgium would have 5.9 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 10.0 million (it has 5.0 million).
Belgium's centre is 13.0° of latitude, about 1,450 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
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.
Belgium lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,450 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Belgium and Sicily (Italy) would cover 56,500 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 16.8 million people, about as many people as Senegal.
Counted as a country, Sicily (Italy) would rank 148th by area and 125th by population.

Side by side

	Belgium	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	CountryEurope	RegionItaly
Area, measured	30,700 km²11,800 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	30,700 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	140th of 239worldwide	1st of 20in Italy
Population	11.8 millionWikidata, 2025	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	80th of 237worldwide	4th of 20in Italy
Density	386 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Brussels	Palermo
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	35°N to 39°N

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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