Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 1.86× the size of Sicily (Italy)

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (region of France) covers about 48,000 km² (18,500 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.

48,000km²Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
25,900km²Sicily (Italy)

100 km

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sicily (Italy)

What fits

Sicily (Italy) is 54% of the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is larger by 22,100 km² (8,540 mi²), which is 86% of the area of Sicily (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is about 1.56, Sicily (Italy) about 0.84.

How they differ

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is larger, but Sicily (Italy) has the larger population: 5.0 million against 2.8 million, 1.78× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 193 in Sicily (Italy) against 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Sicily (Italy) is 3.30× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,320 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Sicily (Italy) at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Bourgogne-Franche-Comté as 2.53× the size of Sicily (Italy) instead of 1.86×.
Together Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Sicily (Italy) cover 73,900 km², close to the size of Panama (74,500 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 22,100 km², is about the size of Israel (22,100 km²).
At Sicily (Italy)'s density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 9.2 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, Sicily (Italy) would have 1.5 million (it has 5.0 million).
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's centre is 9.6° of latitude, about 1,070 km, farther north than Sicily (Italy)'s.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the 6th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 16th 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.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,070 km) north of Sicily (Italy).
Shared out evenly, each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have about 17,120 m² and each person in Sicily (Italy) about 5,190 m².
Laid side by side, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Sicily (Italy) would cover 73,900 km², about the same size as Panama.
Together they have 7.8 million people, about as many people as Togo.

Side by side

	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	Sicily (Italy)
Is a	RegionFrance	RegionItaly
Area, measured	48,000 km²18,500 mi²	25,900 km²9,990 mi²
Official area	47,800 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 18in France	1st of 20in Italy
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	5.0 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	11th of 18in France	4th of 20in Italy
Density	58 per km²	193 per km²
Capital	Dijon; Besançon	Palermo
Latitude range	46°N to 48°N	35°N to 39°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 47,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,000 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 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders. 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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